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I've had a PCN from CEL too, asking for £60. They claimed that on 31st Jan this year I did "not pay in accordance with the signage", showing my time of arrival and departure. I always keep my tickets, and replied after the second letter enclosing a copy of the ticket showing that I still had 29 minutes remaining on the ticket (paid for an hour at £1). I didn't reply to the first letter, having seen online advice to ignore this particular company. Have just had another letter stating that "it is now too late to make an appeal/representation against this PCN". They say that if I do not reply within 14 days, 'we may take further action including instructing a debt recovery company and/or solicitors to recover the monies due.
Will the Parking Cowboys template letter be advisable? I've seen people on here talking about obtaining a Popla code, but can't see how to get one of these, nor do I quite get what this is for. Please could someone explain?
I really don't see why I should pay this fine - I paid for an hour and was parked for one minute over just half of that time - the ticket clearly shows the start and expiry time and I am well within it. I cannot believe that any court in the land would uphold this charge (although it is interesting to note that they don't mention a court summons... have they changed their tactics?).
Any advice would be most gratefully received. Reading through the threads here I think the time to send the Parking Cowboys template would have been after the first letter, unfortunately I hadn't seen this website then! I hope it will still be useful.
Edit: I have now Googled POPLA and discovered that the pcn code CEL gave is not valid according to POPLA. what does this mean - that I can't appeal via POPLA or that CEL's PCN is invalid? Because CEL haven't issued a POPLA appeal form, does this also mean that their PCN is invalid, or that I need to go some other route - or that i can just ignore it and any solicitor's letter they might send? I am worried that they might send balliffs round to collect money - what should I do if that happens?
Will the Parking Cowboys template letter be advisable? I've seen people on here talking about obtaining a Popla code, but can't see how to get one of these, nor do I quite get what this is for. Please could someone explain?
I really don't see why I should pay this fine - I paid for an hour and was parked for one minute over just half of that time - the ticket clearly shows the start and expiry time and I am well within it. I cannot believe that any court in the land would uphold this charge (although it is interesting to note that they don't mention a court summons... have they changed their tactics?).
Any advice would be most gratefully received. Reading through the threads here I think the time to send the Parking Cowboys template would have been after the first letter, unfortunately I hadn't seen this website then! I hope it will still be useful.
Edit: I have now Googled POPLA and discovered that the pcn code CEL gave is not valid according to POPLA. what does this mean - that I can't appeal via POPLA or that CEL's PCN is invalid? Because CEL haven't issued a POPLA appeal form, does this also mean that their PCN is invalid, or that I need to go some other route - or that i can just ignore it and any solicitor's letter they might send? I am worried that they might send balliffs round to collect money - what should I do if that happens?
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