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Hi everyone. I know there are numerous posts relating to PCNs, but I haven't seen one relating to my issue.
Briefly, I went to pick my niece up from Bham airport. She walked outside the car park to save me time and hassle, so I stopped to let her on. I got a PCN from APCOA with pics showing my car stopped. I refused to tell them who was driving. I appealed on the basis that £100/£50 was too much for my NOT having used the car park (£1 charge for 10 minutes), and that APCOA are not the police to issue "fines" for people stopped in a red zone. Also, I genuinely had not seen their notices, as initially I was intending to go into the car park, and when I saw my niece, I just quickly pulled over for her. They rejected my appeal so I made a POPLA appeal, in my own words as they suggested, NOT using a template from the web. In my POPLA appeal, I told them I was the driver. They forwarded my submission to APCOA who immediately cut and pasted the relevant sentence, gleefully confirming they now had details of the driver.
I wonder if POPLA should have given this "privileged" info to APCOA. I have complained to them telling them they have breached my rights to an independent adjudication.
As requested by POPLA I have further responded having seen APCOAs case file, but in essence my case is £100 is too much for the fact that I DIDN'T drive into their car park. Their actual loss was £1. I have offered them £15 to settle the matter (£1 for the NON-parking, plus a bit to cover admin costs), else I have told them I am willing to go to court to prove they are being punitive with the charge, and profiteering.
Any advice anyone?? I can see this being rejected by POPLA since my car is clearly stopped on red lines on the roadside, and in their pics there is a notice 25-30 yards away (which I did not see).
Briefly, I went to pick my niece up from Bham airport. She walked outside the car park to save me time and hassle, so I stopped to let her on. I got a PCN from APCOA with pics showing my car stopped. I refused to tell them who was driving. I appealed on the basis that £100/£50 was too much for my NOT having used the car park (£1 charge for 10 minutes), and that APCOA are not the police to issue "fines" for people stopped in a red zone. Also, I genuinely had not seen their notices, as initially I was intending to go into the car park, and when I saw my niece, I just quickly pulled over for her. They rejected my appeal so I made a POPLA appeal, in my own words as they suggested, NOT using a template from the web. In my POPLA appeal, I told them I was the driver. They forwarded my submission to APCOA who immediately cut and pasted the relevant sentence, gleefully confirming they now had details of the driver.
I wonder if POPLA should have given this "privileged" info to APCOA. I have complained to them telling them they have breached my rights to an independent adjudication.
As requested by POPLA I have further responded having seen APCOAs case file, but in essence my case is £100 is too much for the fact that I DIDN'T drive into their car park. Their actual loss was £1. I have offered them £15 to settle the matter (£1 for the NON-parking, plus a bit to cover admin costs), else I have told them I am willing to go to court to prove they are being punitive with the charge, and profiteering.
Any advice anyone?? I can see this being rejected by POPLA since my car is clearly stopped on red lines on the roadside, and in their pics there is a notice 25-30 yards away (which I did not see).
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