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#Post#: 113447--------------------------------------------------
Driver paid drop-off charge at Manchester Airport outside of all
owed payment period
By: bobtheupholder Date: March 16, 2026, 2:14 pm
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Driver entered the drop-off area at T2 of Manchester Airport at
around 17:25 on 20/01/2026. Driver exited the area at around
17:30. On exit Driver understood a £5 charge was due by midnight
of the following day.
At around 00:20 on 22/01/2026, Driver recalled a charge was due
and attempted to make the payment. While attempting to make the
payment, Driver observed the Manchester Airport online payment
system only offered 21/01/2026 and 22/01/2026 as dates of visit
for which it would accept payment. Driver paid the charge but
logged it with entry of 17:30 on 21/01/2026. Driver noted the
purchase id generated by the system. Driver immediately sent an
email to the support email address offered by the operator so as
to provide details of the visit and details of the payment
including the purchase id and asked the operator to match the
payment to the visit and clear the debt.
All subsequent correspondence summarised below.
On 06/02/2026, Driver received an email from the operator which
seemed to suggest all was well and that, after some time, the
charge and payment would reconcile.
On 06/02/2026, Driver replied to the operator by email and
clarified to the operator his understanding of the email Driver
had received and advised the operator that Driver would take no
further action unless such was requested by the operator.
On 10/02/2026, the Registered Keeper of the vehicle driven by
Driver received a Parking Charge demand from APCOA Parking. The
demand was dated 28/01/2026 and referred to the visit on
20/01/2026. The amount of the charge was £100 to be paid within
28 days discounted to £60 if payment was made within 14 days.
On 10/02/2026, Driver sent an email to the operator advising
them of the Parking Charge demand from APCOA Parking and of
steps already taken by Driver to clear up the matter and
requested the operator to cancel the PCN.
On 16/03/2026, the Registered Keeper received a demand from Debt
Recovery Plus. The demand was dated 04/03/2026 and referred to
the visit on 20/01/2026. The amount of the charge was £170 and
payment was to be made by 18/03/2026. The demand included a
comment that if the Registered Keeper does nothing then their
financial loss will increase significantly if the case goes to
court and Registered Keeper is unsuccessful.
Driver has not responded to APCOA of DRP. What advice do the
experts offer?
#Post#: 113464--------------------------------------------------
Re: Driver paid drop-off charge at Manchester Airport outside of
allowed payment period
By: jfollows Date: March 16, 2026, 3:40 pm
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APCOA don’t do court.
So ignore.
In the unlikely event they change and send out a court claim, if
the driver has not been identified then the airport is not
“relevant land” under PoFA 2012, so the liability can not be
transferred from the driver to the registered keeper.
Has the driver been identified?
#Post#: 113472--------------------------------------------------
Re: Driver paid drop-off charge at Manchester Airport outside of
allowed payment period
By: bobtheupholder Date: March 16, 2026, 4:51 pm
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I am happy to ignore the demands and to share future
correspondences here.
Regarding naming the driver, none of the companys thus far
involved have requested driver details from the vehicle keeper.
Driver has made the original payment by a credit card in the
name of Driver and Driver has contacted operator by email in
which he refers to himself in the first person, not by name.
However, the email system includes the name of the sender in the
header.
#Post#: 113477--------------------------------------------------
Re: Driver paid drop-off charge at Manchester Airport outside of
allowed payment period
By: andy_foster Date: March 16, 2026, 5:14 pm
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So, the Driver sent an email which includes his name. That
clarifies everything.
#Post#: 113489--------------------------------------------------
Re: Driver paid drop-off charge at Manchester Airport outside of
allowed payment period
By: InterCity125 Date: March 17, 2026, 2:23 am
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All I would add is, that in many cases the operators and the
debt and legal firms rarely join up the dots.
At this point the driver should make no more contact with
anyone.
Simply let them keep sending letters to the RK.
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