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#Post#: 80549--------------------------------------------------
APCOA Parking Charge - Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone
DIR By: pigface
Date: July 11, 2025, 3:32 am
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Hi all,
I hope you can help.
As the registered keeper of the vehicle, I've just received a
Parking charge from APCOA 'For the alleged contravention of: Use
of Pick Up / Drop Off Zone without making a valid payment at
Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone.
I am planning to submit an appeal but wanted to check for an
advise beforehand. In short, by going to Luton airport, the
driver of the vehicle who's never been there before, got
confussed by the whole layout, the building works going on ect
and just accidently passed through this zone, without any
intention to drop off or pick up anyone or to use that zone
whatsoever. The timing, as visible on the PC is just slightly
over 1 minute. The driver then went and parked at Terminal Car
park 1 and paid the necessary fee for parking there.
I was planning to submit an appeal as above, providing proof of
the car park 1 payment, however I've read on this forum that
similar appeals have been rejected, and people were advised to
appeal by submitting the below text:
I am the registered keeper. APCOA cannot hold a registered
keeper liable for any alleged contravention on land that is
under statutory control. As a matter of fact and law, APCOA will
be well aware that they cannot use the PoFA provisions because
Luton Airport is not 'relevant land'.
If Luton Airport wanted to hold owners or keepers liable under
Airport Bylaws, that would be within the landowner's gift and
another matter entirely. However, not only is that not pleaded,
it is also not legally possible because APCOA is not the Airport
owner and your 'parking charge' is not and never attempts to be
a penalty. It is created for APCOA's own profit (as opposed to a
bylaws penalty that goes to the public purse) and NCP has relied
on contract law allegations of breach against the driver only.
The registered keeper cannot be presumed or inferred to have
been the driver, nor pursued under some twisted interpretation
of the law of agency. Your NtK can only hold the driver liable.
APCOA have no hope at POPLA, so you are urged to save us both a
complete waste of time and cancel the PCN.
Just wanted to double-check whether this will be the best way to
go in my case too.
Thank you very much for any advise offered.
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Re: APCOA Parking Charge - Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone
DIR By: robbieuk
Date: July 11, 2025, 3:57 am
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Hi, I have had same parking charge few months ago. I have used
the advised text in these forums (the one you highlighted) and
the charge was cancelled.
#Post#: 80552--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA Parking Charge - Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: July 11, 2025, 4:24 am
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Yep, that appeal should work. Remember you're appealing only as
the keeper.
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Re: APCOA Parking Charge - Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone
DIR By: pigface
Date: July 11, 2025, 4:57 am
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Thank you very much for the responds, sound really reassuring. I
will go with that appeal and will update here once I have a
respond
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Re: APCOA Parking Charge - Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: July 11, 2025, 6:11 am
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The rest of the notice please.
So far and on the face of the front page nothing actually asks
or requires the keeper to pay anything, it simply gives a time
frame for payment of a 'penalty' but does not say who is liable.
Perhaps, but I somehow doubt it, the other page(s) will reveal
all!
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Re: APCOA Parking Charge - Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: July 11, 2025, 6:24 am
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You include the word 'penalty' in quotation marks, but the
notice does not mention that word anywhere.
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Re: APCOA Parking Charge - Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone
DIR By: pigface
Date: July 11, 2025, 6:28 am
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Sorry, here is the back page.
I've already submitted the appeal with the above-mentioned
wording, as registered keeper, hope I haven't done wrong.
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Re: APCOA Parking Charge - Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: July 11, 2025, 6:31 am
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You've done nothing wrong, the charge will be cancelled - keep
an eye out for APCOA's response (it might go to 'junk').
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Re: APCOA Parking Charge - Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone
DIR By: pigface
Date: July 11, 2025, 6:35 am
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Thank you, I will. And will post here once I get a respond from
them.
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Re: APCOA Parking Charge - Luton Airport Pick Up / Drop Off Zone
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: July 11, 2025, 10:00 am
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No, nothing wrong and I'm pretty sure it will be cancelled.
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