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Re: NSL / Stansted Blue Car Park — rejected at first stage, now
at POPLA. POFA "not relevant land" +
prohibitory-signage
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: June 26, 2026, 6:50 am
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The Blue Short Stay Car Park is definitely inside the area of
statutory control according to the map.
Also, there is no way that their wording is PoFA complaint since
massive chunks of the mandatory requirements are missed out.
We can come up with a short and sweet POPLA appeal.
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Re: NSL / Stansted Blue Car Park — rejected at first stage, now
at POPLA. POFA "not relevant land" +
prohibitory-signage
DIR By: umars_link@yahoo.com
Date: June 26, 2026, 6:55 am
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Thank you. Thats really great to hear. Can you please help me
draft an appeal to POPLA or how does this work from here on.
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Re: NSL / Stansted Blue Car Park — rejected at first stage, now
at POPLA. POFA "not relevant land" +
prohibitory-signage
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: June 26, 2026, 8:26 am
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Yes - give me 48 hours.
#Post#: 123362--------------------------------------------------
Re: NSL / Stansted Blue Car Park — rejected at first stage, now
at POPLA. POFA "not relevant land" +
prohibitory-signage
DIR By: umars_link@yahoo.com
Date: June 30, 2026, 4:53 am
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HI. Gentle reminder about the POPLA appeal draft :)
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Re: NSL / Stansted Blue Car Park — rejected at first stage, now
at POPLA. POFA "not relevant land" +
prohibitory-signage
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: June 30, 2026, 5:02 am
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Sorry - will do this very soon.
#Post#: 123441--------------------------------------------------
Re: NSL / Stansted Blue Car Park — rejected at first stage, now
at POPLA. POFA "not relevant land" +
prohibitory-signage
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: July 1, 2026, 1:56 am
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Stansted Airport NSL Appeal.
POPLA Code -
Vehicle Registration Mark -
Dear Assessor,
I make this appeal as the Registered Keeper of the above
vehicle.
The vehicle driver is not known to the parking operator and I
understand that there is no legal requirement for me to reveal
the driver to an unregulated parking operator.
I am appealing on the following grounds and I would like the
parking operator to rebut each appeal point;
Appeal Point One - The land at Stansted Airport is not 'relevant
land' for the purposes of PoFA - both the road way and car park
which makes up the 'Blue Short Stay Car Park' fall firmly inside
the statutory area which makes up Stansted Airport.
I have included the Airport site plan taken from the Government
website relating to a recent Stansted Expansion planning
application - its providence can be proved at the following web
address;
HTML https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64d0fc30e5491a00134b5946/Design___Access_Statement_-_checked.pdf
Scroll down to page 6 - the 'Blue Car Park' is in the bottom
right corner of the statutory area.
This land is clearly under statutory control and subject to the
Stansted Airport Byelaws.
Appeal Point Two - Stansted Airport Ltd is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Manchester Airport PLC and is both an Airport
Authority and Highways Authority under the Airports Act 1986 and
therefore falls under statutory control - even the parking
operators own documents specify that they are working on behalf
of Manchester Airport PLC - this also means that the land is
already subject to statutory control meaning that PoFA 'keeper
liability' cannot be invoked on their land.
Appeal Point Three - That the operator is clearly in breach of
their own Code of Practice since the Code expressly prohibits
the use of wording (in the NtK) which implies that PoFA can be
used in situations where it is not available to the operator -
the operator is clearly ignoring this rule on commercial grounds
- they realise that by mentioning PoFA they are more likely to
encourage payment from NtK recipients who are not familiar with
the true legal position - the operator then further maintains
reliance of PoFA in further correspondence in a further attempt
to hoodwink recipients into paying their charges - as a result
the operator is also in breach of their DVLA Agreement since the
operator is required to agree to follow the Code in order to
access keeper records - my details have therefore been obtained
in breach of the DVLA Agreement.
Appeal Point Four - The signage and road markings at the
location appear to be contradictory in nature - this is in
direct conflict with the Code of Practice which states that
signage and markings must not be contradictory in nature - the
operator claims that the area is 'no stopping' yet the road
markings are double yellow lines - the Highway Code allows brief
stops on double yellow lines for dropping off and picking up etc
- if the operator wishes to enforce a 'no stopping' zone then
they would have to use 'double red' lines as per the Highway
Code.
Appeal Point Five - The wording of the Notice to Keeper is not
compliant with many of the requirements of PoFA Schedule 4
Paragraph 9(2) - in particular the notice does not state the
wording required by 9(2)(b) - the notice must notify the keeper
that 'the driver is required to pay the parking charge' and
'that the parking charge has not been paid in full' - the notice
does not state either of these things - additionally, 9(2)(e)
requires that 'the notice state that the creditor does not know
the name and address of the driver and invite the driver to pay
the charges or nominate another driver' - the notice fails to
set out the required statement and never presents the required
two limbed invite to the keeper - additionally, the notice fails
to set out any of the requirements of 9(2)(f) and no 'warning to
the keeper' is ever mentioned - as such the notice is totally
non-complaint.
Conclusion - The land is not relevant land for the purposes of
PoFA as it is land which is already under statutory control - if
this is in doubt then I would request that the Assessor seek the
assistance of a senior POPLA Assessor / Coach as the 'statutory
area' has previously caused POPLA some problems in the past.
Best wishes,
xxxxx xxxxxxxxx
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Re: NSL / Stansted Blue Car Park — rejected at first stage, now
at POPLA. POFA "not relevant land" +
prohibitory-signage
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: July 1, 2026, 2:03 am
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I would also add a picture of the airport plan and mark up the
blue car park.
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Re: NSL / Stansted Blue Car Park — rejected at first stage, now
at POPLA. POFA "not relevant land" +
prohibitory-signage
DIR By: umars_link@yahoo.com
Date: July 2, 2026, 3:10 pm
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Thank you so much! I will let you know how it goes.
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Re: NSL / Stansted Blue Car Park — rejected at first stage, now
at POPLA. POFA "not relevant land" +
prohibitory-signage
DIR By: umars_link@yahoo.com
Date: July 14, 2026, 6:12 am
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Hi,
I have received an email from POPLA that they have received
comments from the Operator regarding my appeal and I have 7 days
to respond. Do I need to do anything - please advise. I have
attached a copy of the operator's comment. They have also
uploaded some evidence, please let me know if you'd like to see
any.
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/Fs79sfL9/Screenshot-2026-07-14-at-12-08-44.png
Thanks
#Post#: 124605--------------------------------------------------
Re: NSL / Stansted Blue Car Park — rejected at first stage, now
at POPLA. POFA "not relevant land" +
prohibitory-signage
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: July 14, 2026, 7:05 am
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We cannot access the other documents.
Please post the their prima facie case?
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