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#Post#: 97642--------------------------------------------------
APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square,
Folkestone
DIR By: whittome
Date: November 11, 2025, 3:36 am
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Hi all,
I have received a parking charge notice and would like some
advice.
The car in question is a company car so the notice has been sent
to the company and passed onward.
On the 26th October the driver drove into the carpark, stopped
to read the tariff sign and upon not liking the look of the cost
or location opened the Ringo app to see how much the Folkestone
Harbour was and left the car park to head there instead.
The car can't have been in the carpark for more than 5 minutes
and no one from the car got out of the car at any point. The car
was then parked at the Folkestone Harbour carpark until payment
was made at exit. The ticket wasn't kept for this, however a
bank statement with when the harbour carpark was paid for and
how much should hopefully be accessible.
Here is the car park location:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/dFLsjd5ETrh9XZux6
Just looking for advice on if there is anything that can be done
other than just paying the notice.
Thank you.
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#Post#: 97648--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square,
Folkestone
DIR By: Dave65
Date: November 11, 2025, 4:09 am
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Is this PPN for the first or second car park?
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Re: APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square,
Folkestone
DIR By: whittome
Date: November 11, 2025, 4:13 am
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This is for the first one that was only briefly stopped at.
Everything with the second one (the harbour) is completely fine.
#Post#: 97660--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square,
Folkestone
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: November 11, 2025, 5:25 am
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Do you have the original PCN?
#Post#: 97664--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square,
Folkestone
DIR By: whittome
Date: November 11, 2025, 5:36 am
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The 2 pages in the google drive links are the only things I have
at the moment.
#Post#: 97666--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square,
Folkestone
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: November 11, 2025, 6:04 am
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So reading through everything... this could be the PCN.
There isn't enough time for a third party debt collector to have
become involved.
The PCN is not PoFA compliant so the keeper cannot be held
liable and they do not know who the driver was.
#Post#: 97667--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square,
Folkestone
DIR By: whittome
Date: November 11, 2025, 6:38 am
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I won't pretend to be that clued up.
Does that mean my next cause of action should be to appeal it on
the grounds of not actually parking at the carpark in question?
#Post#: 97669--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square,
Folkestone
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: November 11, 2025, 6:40 am
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The first thing we need to confirm is who the notice is
addressed to - you mention this being a company car, is the
notice addressed to the company? If so, they must respond, or,
if you have their permission, you can fight it on the company's
behalf.
If it is addressed to the company then ideally, the company
should name you as the hirer of the vehicle, resulting in you
receiving a notice in your own name.
#Post#: 97672--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square,
Folkestone
DIR By: whittome
Date: November 11, 2025, 6:55 am
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The letter is currently addressed to the company rather than an
individual person. It was forwarded on by the company when they
received it.
#Post#: 97743--------------------------------------------------
Re: APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square,
Folkestone
DIR By: b789
Date: November 11, 2025, 1:37 pm
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No, the OP cannot be the 'Hirer" if it is a company vehicle. The
OP is the day to day keeper. They can only appeal if the company
give them a Letter of Authority (LoA) to do so. Once they have
an LoA, they can appeal as the day to day Keeper without
identifying the driver.
Many companies that give company cars, allow the employee to
have other members ion their family to drive and make use of the
vehicle. Just because the employee is the day to day keeper does
not mean that they were the driver. No one knows that and as the
Notice to Keeper (NtK) is not PoFA compliant, only the driver
can be liable.
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