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       appeal NCP PCN
   DIR By: NBSCMN
       Date: August 15, 2026, 5:42 am
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       Hi all,
       I’ve received another NCP Parking Charge Notice for the Epsom
       High Street car park.
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       The details are:
       - Date of incident: 25/07/2026
       - Date of sending: 06/08/2026
       - Entry: 09:18:31
       - Exit: 09:57:50
       - Reason: Parked without payment of the parking charge
       Can I appeal on the following points?
       1. Notice to Keeper delivered outside the 14-day POFA period
       The incident was on 25/07/2026, so I believe the 14-day period
       ended on 08/08/2026.
       The notice says it was sent on 06/08/2026. As a postal notice is
       presumed to be delivered on the second working day after
       posting, would the presumed delivery date be Monday 10/08/2026?
       If so, would this mean NCP cannot rely on POFA Schedule 4 to
       transfer liability to the registered keeper?
       2. Failure to adequately specify the relevant land
       The notice only gives the location as “Epsom High Street”.
       Is this sufficient for the requirement under POFA to specify the
       relevant land, or could this be challenged as being too vague?
       3. Period of parking
       The notice describes the ANPR entry and exit times as the
       “period of parking”.
       My understanding is that ANPR only records when a vehicle enters
       and leaves the site and does not establish the actual period
       during which the vehicle was parked. Is this a valid POFA point
       as well?
       Would these be the correct points to use for the initial appeal,
       or should I keep it simpler and rely mainly on the 14-day POFA
       issue?
       Thanks.
       #Post#: 127844--------------------------------------------------
       Re: appeal NCP PCN
   DIR By: jfollows
       Date: August 15, 2026, 6:02 am
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       I would simplify the appeal to the presumed delivery date only,
       as you note this is 10 August which is more than 14 days after
       the parking event, the driver will not be identified and the
       registered keeper can not be held liable because the
       requirements of PoFA 2012 have not been met.
       Use the other points and they will ignore the PoFA one.
       NCP have a record of folding on the basis of appeals like this.
       More is not better unless/until this turns into an actual county
       court claim, which it’s reasonably likely it won’t.
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