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GXS Services parking charge received
DIR By: ShoreCS50
Date: April 23, 2026, 6:02 am
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The keeper of the vehicle received a parking charge notice today
for parking without a valid cashless session on 19/03/2021 at
SPA Basin Rd South, Southwick, BN41 1WF.
Advice on next steps please as the contravention alleged to have
taken place is over 5 years ago and this is the first letter
received about it.
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Re: GXS Services parking charge received
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: April 23, 2026, 6:04 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
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Re: GXS Services parking charge received
DIR By: ShoreCS50
Date: April 23, 2026, 6:23 am
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Photos of letter received here
HTML https://ibb.co/j91K83M1
HTML https://ibb.co/gb3vQR7R
HTML https://ibb.co/Gvs9x7nn
HTML https://ibb.co/5WyXgWn0
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Re: GXS Services parking charge received
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: April 23, 2026, 6:39 am
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They are not relying on PoFA so there is no keeper liability in
this instance.
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Re: GXS Services parking charge received
DIR By: ShoreCS50
Date: April 23, 2026, 6:53 am
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Sorry, I don’t know a lot about this sort of thing. I’ve just
looked up PCN without PoFA and am starting to understand it.
Does the keeper need to send an appeal then stating failure to
comply with PoFA?
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Re: GXS Services parking charge received
DIR By: RichardW
Date: April 23, 2026, 6:57 am
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I think this has to be a record - to transfer liability to
keeper, POFA requires notice to be sent within 14 days; this one
is 1855 days (plus postage time)!!
A simple appeal (as keeper only!) ,but I would lay it on thick
about the delay:
As keeper of vehicle VRM XXXX I am receipt of you parking
charge notice relating to an alleged event on 19/03/21. You are
no doubt aware that to transfer liability from the driver to the
keeper your notice needs to comply with the requirements of the
Protection of Freedoms Act - which you have spectacularly failed
to do; the requirement is 14 days, not the 1855 you are trying
it on with.
I will not be accepting your invitation to pay the charge, nor
naming the driver. You have no route for enforcement of this
charge against me as keeper and I expect the charge to be
cancelled with immediate effect.
Once they have cancelled (even I doubt they will try this on
further) I would make a complaint to IPC about their laughable
behaviour. It will go no where of course. If you were feeling
particularly belligerant, you could include an invoice for £100,
reduced to £60 for prompt payment, for your time.
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Re: GXS Services parking charge received
DIR By: ShoreCS50
Date: April 23, 2026, 7:04 am
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Thanks, that’s really helpful. The date did cause a double take
;D
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Re: GXS Services parking charge received
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: April 23, 2026, 7:20 am
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Are you the registered keeper of the vehicle?
If so, you should send a Subject Access Request to DVLA to find
out when (and by whom) your data was accessed from the date of
the parking in 2021 to now. The form is here: Make a subject
access request to DVLA
HTML https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/make-a-subject-access-request-to-dvla.
It will be interesting to see when GXS accessed your data.
--- Quote from: RichardW link ---
>
> If you were feeling particularly belligerant, you could
include an invoice for £100, reduced to £60 for prompt payment,
for your time.
>
--- End Quote ---
I wouldn't. Tempting as it may be, meeting an unenforceable
charge with an unenforceable charge probably isn't the way to
go.
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Re: GXS Services parking charge received
DIR By: ShoreCS50
Date: April 27, 2026, 4:16 pm
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So, we sent an appeal using the suggested wording given
regarding the POFA and have had a reply - see attachment.
They haven’t even referred to that in their reply. Where should
we go from here?
HTML https://ibb.co/HpHkR52V
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Re: GXS Services parking charge received
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: April 27, 2026, 4:32 pm
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Appeal to the IAS - take a look at other IAS and POPLA appeals
submitted on the basis of lack of PoFA compliance due to late
issuance, and draft something up to show us.
--- Quote from: DWMB2 link ---
>
> If so, you should send a Subject Access Request to DVLA to
find out when (and by whom) your data was accessed from the date
of the parking in 2021 to now. The form is here: Make a subject
access request to DVLA
HTML https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/make-a-subject-access-request-to-dvla.
>
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Assuming you followed my previous advice and did the above, you
should get a response before your IAS appeal is due and could
potentially add the results into your appeal depending what
comes back.
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