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UKPC - Free Retail Park - disabled badge not displayed
DIR By: muppetboy1
Date: September 15, 2025, 3:59 am
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Hi,
My mum and Auntie went to our local Marks & Spencer after a
hospital appointment for a cancer diagnosis. They both made
purchases at the store and still have the receipts to prove it.
They each have valid disabled badges, but on this occasion my
mum had just been told that her cancer has progressed to the
terminal stage. They were understandably overwhelmed and went
for a coffee in the store, forgetting to place the badge in the
car window.
This shopping trip is part of their weekly routine. Despite
this, they have now received a Notice to Keeper.
What’s the best way to proceed with this situation?
Thanks,
M
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Re: UKPC - Free Retail Park - disabled badge not displayed
DIR By: b789
Date: September 15, 2025, 4:25 am
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Please show us the Notice to Keeper (NtK). Only redact the
Keepers personal details and the PCN number. Make sure tha all
dates and time remain visible. The following link explains how
to host images of the NtK (both sides please):
READ THIS FIRST - Private Parking Charges Forum guide
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/
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Re: UKPC - Free Retail Park - disabled badge not displayed
DIR By: muppetboy1845
Date: September 15, 2025, 5:36 am
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how do i attached scan, cant find an option
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Re: UKPC - Free Retail Park - disabled badge not displayed
DIR By: b789
Date: September 15, 2025, 5:39 am
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Please use a free hosting site such as Imgur.com
HTML https://imgur.com
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Re: UKPC - Free Retail Park - disabled badge not displayed
DIR By: muppetboy1
Date: September 15, 2025, 5:48 am
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HTML https://imgur.com/a/lYiruzL
HTML https://imgur.com/a/lYiruzL
Hopefully this works
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Re: UKPC - Free Retail Park - disabled badge not displayed
DIR By: b789
Date: September 15, 2025, 6:39 am
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The Notice to Keeper (NtK) is not fully compliant with PoFA 2012
para 9(2)(a) because it does not state a period of parking. A
single timestamp is not a 'period' of parking. Also, there is no
evidence that a contract was formed with the driver without a
period of parking.
What this means is that UKPC cannot transfer any liability from
the driver, if they do not know who that is, to the registered
keeper. Even if they know who the driver was, they cannot
evidence that a contract was formed unless they can show that it
was parked for longer than the minimum 5 minute consideration
period.
There is no legal obligation on the known keeper (the recipient
of the Notice to Keeper (NtK)) to reveal the identity of the
unknown driver and no inference or assumptions can be made.
The NtK is not compliant with all the requirements of PoFA which
means that if the unknown driver is not identified, they cannot
transfer liability for the charge from the unknown driver to the
known keeper.
Use the following as your appeal. No need to embellish or remove
anything from it:
--- Quote ---
> I am the keeper of the vehicle and I dispute your 'parking
charge'. I deny any liability or contractual agreement and I
will be making a complaint about your predatory conduct to your
client landowner.
>
> As your Notice to Keeper (NtK) does not fully comply with ALL
the requirements of PoFA 2012, you are unable to hold the keeper
of the vehicle liable for the charge. Partial or even
substantial compliance is not sufficient. There will be no
admission as to who was driving and no inference or assumptions
can be drawn. UKPC 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.
UKPC have no hope at POPLA, so you are urged to save us both a
complete waste of time and cancel the PCN.
--- End Quote ---
It is as rare as hens teeth that a greedy unregulated private
parking firm will ever accept an initial appeal, so when you
receive the rejection, come back and we will assist with a POPLA
appeal.
DO NOT pay UKPC. If you follow our advice, you will not be
paying a penny to UKPC.
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Re: UKPC - Free Retail Park - disabled badge not displayed
DIR By: muppetboy1
Date: September 15, 2025, 6:43 am
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Excellent thank you, just had one of my own dropped for this
form advice 4 days before court evidence was due so its working
well.
Many thanks
M
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Re: UKPC - Free Retail Park - disabled badge not displayed
DIR By: b789
Date: September 15, 2025, 7:11 am
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Only the named Keeper can make the appeal. You can do it for
them but it must only be in their name.
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Re: UKPC - Free Retail Park - disabled badge not displayed
DIR By: muppetboy1
Date: September 15, 2025, 7:19 am
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Yes I did that with my email, that will work ok ?
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Re: UKPC - Free Retail Park - disabled badge not displayed
DIR By: b789
Date: September 15, 2025, 7:39 am
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Whose email you use is irrelevant. Just make sure you don't go
"I am appealing on behalf of the keeper...". Appeal as the
Keeper and only refer to the driver in the third person. No "I
did this or that", only "the driver did this or that".
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