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Smart Parking - Belgrave Road Margate - Late NtK (PoFA 14-day
failure)
DIR By: yvsalaria1
Date: August 10, 2026, 7:14 pm
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Hi everyone, I am looking for some guidance on an online appeal
to Smart Parking for a PCN I received today as the Registered
Keeper.
Key Dates & Details:
Date of Event: 20/07/2026
Location: Belgrave Road Car Park - Margate - CT1 1XG
Alleged Contravention: Paid for insufficient time (ANPR)
Date of Issue on Notice: 31/07/2026
Date Physically Received: 10/08/2026
Vehicle Status: Fully owned by me
The Situation:
The back of the notice explicitly states they are invoking
Paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
(PoFA). By my calculations, the 14-day statutory deadline for
delivery was Monday, 3rd August. Given the issue date of Friday,
31st July, the deemed legal delivery date (2 working days later)
falls on Tuesday, 4th August. The actual physical delivery
didn't happen until Monday, 10th August. In both instances, the
notice has been delivered outside of the mandatory 14-day window
required to establish keeper liability. No driver has been
identified or named, and I will be appealing strictly as the
Registered Keeper. I have attached an image of the wording on
the back of the notice for reference. Could you please advise if
my understanding is right and is there any standard forum
template for a late PoFA NtK which I can use for appealing?
Thank you in advance for your help!
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Re: Smart Parking - Belgrave Road Margate - Late NtK (PoFA
14-day failure)
DIR By: Improt999
Date: August 10, 2026, 8:33 pm
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Day 15 will be the deemed day for delivery (4th august). So it
is does fail the 14 day condition
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Re: Smart Parking - Belgrave Road Margate - Late NtK (PoFA
14-day failure)
DIR By: jfollows
Date: August 11, 2026, 12:27 am
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If you search the forum you’ll find a lot of appeals of the sort
you want, especially for Smart. They will, of course, reject
your appeal “after careful consideration” and state that it was
“correctly issued” and require you to escalate to the IAS, who
will also probably reject your appeal, after which you will have
to go through the rigmarole of a Letter of Claim followed by a
county court claim, which will likely be discontinued only at
the last moment, prior to the claimant having to pay the court
fee.
This is the way these companies operate, by rejecting valid
appeals because if they accept them they get no money from you,
and money is all they care about.
You could be lucky, but be prepared and search the forum for
similar cases to know what to expect as well as to find words
for your appeal.
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