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#Post#: 114358--------------------------------------------------
APCOA - Luton Airport Parkway Station - Premier Parking PCNs
DIR By: secondagain
Date: March 25, 2026, 9:20 am
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Hi all,
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Four days of parking was booked on 8th February at the APCOA
Luton Airport Parkway Station multi-storey car park from 21st
Apr to 24th Apr for holiday parking.
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Upon arrival on 21st Apr, there was a sign which read levels 3-5
were closed from Friday 20th March to Monday 23rd March due to
essential works and a barrier to stop cars from entering the 3rd
floor. This was not communicated in advance. So with effectively
60% of the car park unavailable, unsurprisingly there were no
free bays apart from the "premier parking" bays on level 1 and
2. With no time to look for alternative parking given the flight
was in less than 1 1/2 hours, the car was parked in the only
available parking bays which were marked as "premier parking".
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Upon return, the car had three parking charge notices for
parking in a premier parking bay without a valid permit.
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Two of these notices have the incorrect registration number
where they mixed up the letter O with the number zero.
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Only one of the notices has the correct registration number.
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I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could advise how to
approach the PCNs.
A big thank you in advance and please let me know if you would
like any further information.
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#Post#: 114359--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Luton Airport Parkway Station - Premier Parking PCNs
DIR By: secondagain
Date: March 25, 2026, 9:22 am
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[quote author=secondagain link=topic=10354.msg114358#msg114358
date=1774448445]
Hi all,
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Four days of parking was booked on 8th February at the APCOA
Luton Airport Parkway Station multi-storey car park from 21st
Apr to 24th Apr for holiday parking.
---------------------------------------------------------
Upon arrival on 21st Apr, there was a sign which read levels 3-5
were closed from Friday 20th March to Monday 23rd March due to
essential works and a barrier to stop cars from entering the 3rd
floor. This was not communicated in advance. So with effectively
60% of the car park unavailable, unsurprisingly there were no
free bays apart from the "premier parking" bays on level 1 and
2. With no time to look for alternative parking given the flight
was in less than 1 1/2 hours, the car was parked in the only
available parking bays which were marked as "premier parking".
---------------------------------------------------------
Upon return, the car had three parking charge notices for
parking in a premier parking bay without a valid permit.
---------------------------------------------------------
Two of these notices have the incorrect registration number
where they mixed up the letter O with the number zero.
---------------------------------------------------------
Only one of the notices has the correct registration number.
---------------------------------------------------------
I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could advise how to
approach the PCNs.
A big thank you in advance and please let me know if you would
like any further information.
---------------------------------------------------------
HTML [img]http://<a href="
HTML https://ibb.co/zhTYLsyd"><img<br
/>src="
HTML https://i.ibb.co/qM3f4Bt6/Parking-Sign.jpg"<br
/>alt="Parking-Sign" border="0"></a>[/img]
HTML [img]http://<a href="
HTML https://ibb.co/zWRct1HS"><img<br
/>src="
HTML https://i.ibb.co/JW7LSNFz/Parking-Receipt.jpg"<br
/>alt="Parking-Receipt" border="0"></a>[/img]
#Post#: 114360--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Luton Airport Parkway Station - Premier Parking PCNs
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: March 25, 2026, 9:25 am
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Welcome to FTLA.
To help us provide the best advice, please read the following
thread carefully and provide as much of the information it asks
for as you are able to: READ THIS FIRST - Private Parking
Charges Forum guide
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/<br
/>
#Post#: 114376--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Luton Airport Parkway Station - Premier Parking PCNs
DIR By: secondagain
Date: March 25, 2026, 10:33 am
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Apologies for all the posts, I am trying to upload pictures.
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href="
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src="
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Re: APCOA - Luton Airport Parkway Station - Premier Parking PCNs
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: March 26, 2026, 4:28 am
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Can you show us the whole of the PCN, including all the text on
it? (personal details like Reg redacted)
APCOA haven't previously done court, in our experience, so
there's not too much risk involved here. If your VRM (reg) is
wrong on two of them, I'd be tempted to ignore those two and see
what happens. They'll need to apply to DVLA for your details for
each ticket - in theory, for the two where they've got your VRM
wrong, DVLA will return no data (or someone else's, if the
incorrect VRM belongs to a real vehicle).
#Post#: 114539--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Luton Airport Parkway Station - Premier Parking PCNs
DIR By: secondagain
Date: March 26, 2026, 2:54 pm
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--- Quote from: DWMB2 link ---
>
> Can you show us the whole of the PCN, including all the text
on it? (personal details like Reg redacted)
>
> APCOA haven't previously done court, in our experience, so
there's not too much risk involved here. If your VRM (reg) is
wrong on two of them, I'd be tempted to ignore those two and see
what happens. They'll need to apply to DVLA for your details for
each ticket - in theory, for the two where they've got your VRM
wrong, DVLA will return no data (or someone else's, if the
incorrect VRM belongs to a real vehicle).
>
--- End Quote ---
Thank you for responding.
Full PCN uploaded.
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#Post#: 115131--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Luton Airport Parkway Station - Premier Parking PCNs
DIR By: secondagain
Date: April 2, 2026, 2:35 pm
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Hi,
Anyone kind enough to help pls as I need to appeal by Saturday?
Thank you
#Post#: 115509--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Luton Airport Parkway Station - Premier Parking PCNs
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: April 10, 2026, 5:14 am
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This being APCOA, for the first stage appeal I'd just draft
something up as the keeper (not saying who was driving) just
denying that the driver breached any terms and conditions. As
above, I'd be tempted to only appeal the one that has the
correct VRM on it.
#Post#: 115546--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Luton Airport Parkway Station - Premier Parking PCNs
DIR By: Fluffykins
Date: April 10, 2026, 12:33 pm
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Given the shortage of parking spaces due to works going on, is
it likely the "foreign" PCNs have simply been removed from other
"offending" vehicles and stuck on yours? Are the registration
numbers completely different or just trivially changed - one or
two characters?
#Post#: 115549--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Luton Airport Parkway Station - Premier Parking PCNs
DIR By: secondagain
Date: April 10, 2026, 12:43 pm
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Hey,
Yes, so I have appealed and used the usual spiel of not
identifying the driver and sent proof of having paid for
standard parking. I have not done anything with regards to the
PCNs with incorrect registration numbers. Waiting to hear back
from APCOA so will keep you posted.
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