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#Post#: 112691--------------------------------------------------
Stansted Airport Wrong Exit - Did not use Drop off Zone
By: RW33 Date: March 10, 2026, 8:54 am
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Received this Parking Charge Notice today for use of Pick
Up/Drop Off zone at Stansted Airport, even though did not use
the zone for pick up or drop off. The parking was booked and
paid for at the Airport's Orange Zone Car Park, but took the
wrong exit from the roundabout and ended up into the Pick
Up/Drop Off zone. Once you are past the roundabout into the Pick
up/Drop off zone there is no way to turn back, so are forced to
drive all the way to the end of the zone, to use the next
roundabout to get to the Orange Zone. As you can see from the
time stamps, there was no time for any pick up or drop off.
The signage at the roundabout is also confusing and not clear
which exit the car should take. The first exit is the Pick
Up/Drop Off zone and second for the Orange zone, but no
indication which one from the signage.
Could this be a matter of simply writing to APCOA and showing
the booking for the Orange zone and saying this was a mistake?
If not, what can be done? Surely they cannot expect someone to
pay a fee just to drive through that stretch of inescapable road
without doing any picking up or dropping off. It is not a toll
road, or is it?
Any help much appreciated.
PCN Page 1 -
HTML https://ibb.co/6RZhDjTV
PCN Page 2 -
HTML https://ibb.co/PGvtmsh1
Roundabout exits -
HTML https://ibb.co/JRrdQtf9
#Post#: 112693--------------------------------------------------
Re: Stansted Airport Wrong Exit - Did not use Drop off Zone
By: DWMB2 Date: March 10, 2026, 8:59 am
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The easiest route to go down is as follows...
As Stansted Airport is subject to byelaws, it is subject to
"statutory control", and as such, not relevant land for the
purposes of Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act,
meaning they cannot hold the keeper liable. You could therefore
appeal along the lines of the below:
[indent]Dear Sirs,
I have received your Parking Charge Notice (Ref: ______) for
vehicle registration mark _______, in which you allege that the
driver has incurred a parking charge. I am appealing as the
registered keeper of the vehicle. There is no obligation for me
to name the driver and I will not be doing so. I note from your
correspondence that you are not seeking to hold me liable as the
registered keeper, under Schedule 4 of the Protection of
Freedoms Act 2012 ("The Act").
Even if you were seeking to do so, as Stansted Airport is not
"relevant land" as defined by The Act you are unable to recover
the charge from me, the keeper.
I am therefore unable to help you further with this matter, and
look forward to your confirmation that the charge has been
cancelled. If you choose to decline this appeal, you must issue
a POPLA code.
Yours,[/indent]
If appealing online, make sure there are no drop down boxes etc.
that force/trick you into revealing who was driving - you are
appealing as the keeper, and saying nothing about who was
driving.
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Re: Stansted Airport Wrong Exit - Did not use Drop off Zone
By: RW33 Date: March 16, 2026, 4:57 pm
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Thanks! I have appealed, and will update this thread when I hear
back.
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