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#Post#: 111512--------------------------------------------------
Help - 3 Parking Fines!! UKPC
DIR By: merkede
Date: February 28, 2026, 7:48 am
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I'm already contesting a parking fine (link to fine
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/pcn-hemel-hempstead-uk-pc/).<br
/>Now I have received 2 more PCNs from UKPC for the same
location
(KD Tower car park).
The vehicle was parked in the same allocated resident bay over
consecutive days. This bay is included within a tenancy
agreement (i.e. paid for as part of rent), but during this
period the permit was not displayed. This was an oversight while
awaiting a replacement pass as it was lost. The vehicle remained
there for approx. 5 days. It is possible that further PCNs
(beyond these two) may be issued for the same continuous period.
UKPC have issued separate PCNs for each day the vehicle remained
parked. I’m trying to understand whether this is enforceable, or
whether this should be treated as a single continuous
contravention. The signage on site states “No unauthorised
parking” and "Terms of parking apply at all times", but I cannot
see any clear wording that: A charge applies per day, or each
24-hour period constitutes a separate breach?
Should I challenge each PCN individually or reference them
together - acknowledging potentially more? I need help on
strategy, response please.
3 Parking fines is a joke but noted the NtK for the PCN appears
non-compliant with PoFA (no “period of parking”).
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HTML https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/Fine1_P2.jpg
HTML https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/Fine2_P1121a49cec0ee24e1.jpg
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#Post#: 111514--------------------------------------------------
Re: Help - 3 Parking Fines!! UKPC
DIR By: jfollows
Date: February 28, 2026, 7:55 am
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If you have a tenancy agreement with rights to a parking space
which do not also require display of a “permit”, then a third
party such as UKPC can not impose terms on you without your
agreement.
Search the forum, and you will find similar cases such as
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/england-parking-ticket-for-parking-in-my-own-designated-parking-spot/.
Also, they are not “fines”.
#Post#: 111517--------------------------------------------------
Re: Help - 3 Parking Fines!! UKPC
DIR By: merkede
Date: February 28, 2026, 8:16 am
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The parking space itself isn’t explicitly written into the
tenancy agreement, but it was included as part of the rental
advert and a permit has been issued for the site. At best, I can
find a screenshot of the initial rental advert but not sure it
will be enough as typical rebuttals from reading such posts are
:
"The parking charges issued by UK Parking Control Limited are
based on a
contractual agreement between UKPC and the driver, as detailed
on the signage
displayed in the car park."
Is this still the best argument to pursue?
UPDATE: I’ve now received a third PCN for the same location
(17th, 18th, 19th Feb), all relating to the same vehicle parked
in the same residential bay. The vehicle appears to have
remained stationary throughout this period.
Wording on Advert below:
HTML https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/parking_wording2.jpg
HTML https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/parking_wording.jpeg
#Post#: 111539--------------------------------------------------
Re: Help - 3 Parking Fines!! UKPC
DIR By: Brenda_R2
Date: February 28, 2026, 11:02 am
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Regardless of the merits (or otherwise) of your grievance(s),
each PCN will have its own unique reference number and needs to
be appealed as such.
Three PCNs = three appeals.
#Post#: 111550--------------------------------------------------
Re: Help - 3 Parking Fines!! UKPC
DIR By: roythebus
Date: February 28, 2026, 12:27 pm
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The letter only INVITE you as the registered keeper to either
provide the name and address of the driver or pay up. The same
bit of paper also ays you are the registered keeper. Providing
you haven't told them who the driver is, there is n legal
requirement to reveal that. No doubt someone with better
knowledge of whether this complies with POFA or nt, where they
can't transfer liability form the driver who is at the moment
unknown to them, to the registered keeper. Don't tell them
Pike!
#Post#: 111600--------------------------------------------------
Re: Help - 3 Parking Fines!! UKPC
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: March 1, 2026, 2:58 am
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No period of parking stated - a single time stamp is not
regarded as sufficient - Schedule 4 Paragraph 9(2)(a)
requirement.
A section of mandatory wording is missing - 9(2)(f) states that
the notice must... Warn the keeper... blah blah blah... the
creditor will (if all the applicable conditions under this
Schedule are met) have the right to recover from the keeper so
much of that amount as remains unpaid; - the warning in bold is
missing and the NtK does not warn the keeper that the parking
operator's NtK must meet "all the applicable conditions" to be
able to use PoFA keeper liability.
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Re: Help - 3 Parking Fines!! UKPC
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: March 1, 2026, 3:06 am
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--- Quote from: merkede link ---
>
> The parking space itself isn’t explicitly written into the
tenancy agreement, but it was included as part of the rental
advert and a permit has been issued for the site. At best, I can
find a screenshot of the initial rental advert but not sure it
will be enough as typical rebuttals from reading such posts are
:
> "The parking charges issued by UK Parking Control Limited are
based on a
> contractual agreement between UKPC and the driver, as detailed
on the signage
> displayed in the car park."
>
> Is this still the best argument to pursue?
>
> UPDATE: I’ve now received a third PCN for the same location
(17th, 18th, 19th Feb), all relating to the same vehicle parked
in the same residential bay. The vehicle appears to have
remained stationary throughout this period.
>
>
> Wording on Advert below:
>
>
HTML https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/parking_wording2.jpg
>
HTML https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/parking_wording.jpeg
>
--- End Quote ---
This, in theory, is easily defended on a point of law, namely;
that you already have the absolute right to park in your
allocated space and, as such, you do not either permission from
or, the need to form an additional contract, with the private
parking operator.
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Re: Help - 3 Parking Fines!! UKPC
DIR By: merkede
Date: March 19, 2026, 3:54 am
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I responded to the NtK with:
I am the registered keeper and I dispute these parking charges.
I deny any liability and no admission is made as to the identity
of the driver.
The Notice to Keeper fails to comply with Schedule 4 of the
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 and therefore cannot transfer
liability to the keeper. The NtK does not specify any “period of
parking”, relying instead on single timestamps. A timestamp is
not a period. This omission is fatal to any attempt to transfer
liability to the keeper. Keeper liability does not apply.
Multiple PCNs have been issued for the same stationary vehicle
over consecutive days 3002460480115,3002460490126,3002460500130.
There is no evidence of the vehicle leaving and returning. This
constitutes a single, continuous event, and the issuing of
multiple charges is an unreasonable and punitive attempt to
recover multiple sums for the same alleged contravention. The
signage does not state that charges apply per day or per 24-hour
period.
Further, the NtK fails to clearly specify the relevant land. The
location details are inconsistent and ambiguous:
The street is stated as “Cottrells,” which does not exist as a
legitimate street name. The closest match is Cottrell St (West
Bromwich). The postcode (HP1 1JZ) corresponds to different
locations including Hemel Hempstead Town Cricket Club and
Station Road. Together, not a single identifier points to the
same 'relevant land'.
There are too many conflicting identifiers resulting in
multiple, inconsistent location references. These discrepancies
fail to identify a single, clearly defined location, and the NtK
is therefore non-compliant.
The vehicle was parked in a space associated with a residential
property, advertised as including parking. This establishes a
tenant pre-existing right to park, which cannot be overridden by
a third-party operator’s signage.
UKPC has relied on contract law allegations of breach against
the driver only. For all the above reasons, these charges must
be cancelled.
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Re: Help - 3 Parking Fines!! UKPC
DIR By: merkede
Date: March 19, 2026, 4:05 am
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UKPC have responded as below. They are requesting a copy of the
parking permit. I can provide this; however, their response does
not explicitly state that the charge will be cancelled upon
receipt.
I am being cautious and would like to understand whether
providing a copy of the permit is the most appropriate next step
or they have a strategy.
Should I send them a copy of parking permit (the sticker you put
on the windscreen), thoughts?
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Re: Help - 3 Parking Fines!! UKPC
DIR By: jfollows
Date: March 19, 2026, 5:20 am
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Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face, is my advice.
In other words, if you have a permit for your space, just send
it to them.
No need to go into “no need to display a permit”, that’s for
another time.
If they don’t then cancel, you can demonstrate that you’ve been
reasonable. Along with all the other arguments previously
discussed.
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