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#Post#: 98003--------------------------------------------------
I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd
DIR By: moahmed
Date: November 13, 2025, 10:12 am
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Hi everyone,
I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd relating to an incident in April 2025.
After appealing, they replied in writing admitting that the
notice “does not comply with the Protection of Freedoms Act
(PoFA) 2012.”
However, they’re still pursuing me, saying they can “assume the
keeper was the driver” under the proposed Single Code of
Practice — even though that Code isn’t in force yet.
Here’s a quick timeline:
Alleged contravention: 9 April 2025
PCN issued: 29 August 2025 (over 4 months later)
I appealed and pointed out POFA non-compliance.
They replied confirming it’s not POFA-compliant, but now they
want me to name the driver or pay.
I later got letters from ZZPS debt collectors, which I’ve
ignored after being told they have no enforcement power.
I’ve already emailed the parking company back on 6 November
explaining my position but haven’t heard since.
Now ZZPS are sending “outstanding balance” letters, and I’m
unsure what the best next step is.
Questions:
Since they’ve admitted the PCN is not POFA-compliant, can they
still pursue me as the driver?
Should I keep ignoring ZZPS or chase UKPE again?
Would proof of a Shell fuel purchase help if I have to appeal
further?
At what point should I take action if they threaten court?
Any guidance or similar experiences would be massively
appreciated.
#Post#: 98004--------------------------------------------------
Re: I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd
DIR By: jfollows
Date: November 13, 2025, 10:15 am
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They can not assume the keeper was the driver.
You should edit your post to remove your identification of the
driver.
Read
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/
If you are not the registered keeper, why did you receive the
PCN? Did someone else who is the registered keeper name you as
the driver?
Something doesn’t seem to add up here.
#Post#: 98010--------------------------------------------------
Re: I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd
DIR By: moahmed
Date: November 13, 2025, 10:36 am
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--- Quote from: jfollows link ---
>
> They can not assume the keeper was the driver.
>
> You should edit your post to remove your identification of the
driver.
>
> Read
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/
>
> If you are not the registered keeper, why did you receive the
PCN? Did someone else who is the registered keeper name you as
the driver?
>
> Something doesn’t seem to add up here.
>
--- End Quote ---
#Post#: 98019--------------------------------------------------
Re: I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd
DIR By: Dave65
Date: November 13, 2025, 11:05 am
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You`ve already been advised to not identify the driver, yet you
have done so again.
Edit your posts now.
No, he, she, I, only "the driver" did this or that.
#Post#: 98083--------------------------------------------------
Re: I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd
DIR By: jfollows
Date: November 14, 2025, 1:41 am
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Without further input from you, we’re guessing, but on the face
of it
- Ignore ZZPS
- If you are the registered keeper, you can not be liable for
any actions of the driver
- You do not identify the driver
For completeness, please post the PCN originally received with
any personal details obscured, but do not obscure dates or
times. Also any correspondence such as your recent email.
We may then be able to give you good advice to answer your
questions.
#Post#: 98174--------------------------------------------------
Re: I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd
DIR By: moahmed
Date: November 14, 2025, 8:52 am
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Contravention date and time: 9 Apr-25 22:40
Issue: PARKED IN A RESTRICTED AREA
Emails are below:
From Parking Company:
Please be advised, whilst this Parking Charge does not comply
with the Protection of Freedoms Act (PoFA) 2012, this does not
affect the validity of the Parking Charge itself. We have up to
six (6) months to obtain the Registered Keepers details from the
DVLA. Once received, we then have a further one (1) month to
issue the Parking Charge and send the initial notification to
the Registered Keeper of the vehicle. The contravention date was
9 April 2025 and we had sent the first notification on 29 August
2025, therefore this was provided in the correct timeframe and
the Parking Charge was issued correctly.
Please be advised, you have marked that you were not the driver
at the time of contravention. If this is incorrect and you were
the driver, please confirm.
If you were not the driver, please request they submit their
appeal directly to appeals@paymyparkingcharge.com and provide
their full name and residential address. Alternatively, please
provide their full name and serviceable address within seven (7)
days of the date of this email.
As per the Single Code of Practice, Annex C, the driver is often
the same person as the keeper and/or the hirer. Where a keeper
or hirer fails or refuses to provide the name and serviceable
address of the driver when requested to, it may be assumed they
are the driver, based on that failure or refusal. In absence of
driver details, you as the registered keeper can therefore be
assumed to be the driver.
We have placed the account on hold for seven days. The options
available are to provide driver details, appeal the issuing of
the Charge and outline the reasons you believe a Charge should
not have been issued, or make payment.
I replied back saying:
Thank you for your response.
I note your confirmation that this Parking Charge Notice does
not comply with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. As such,
there is no keeper liability, and I will not be naming the
driver.
Any suggestion that the registered keeper can be “assumed” to be
the driver has no basis in law. The Government’s proposed Single
Code of Practice is not in legal force, and therefore
irrelevant.
Unless you cancel this charge, please issue me with a POPLA
verification code so I may escalate my appeal to the independent
adjudicator.
They replied back:
Thank you for your email.
Please provide the driver details so we are able to resolve this
matter.
We have placed a 7 day hold to allow you time to respond.
Kind regards
I replied back:
As stated in my previous correspondence, I will not be naming
the driver. The Parking Charge Notice does not comply with the
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, and therefore no keeper
liability applies.
Please either cancel this charge or issue a formal rejection
notice with a POPLA verification code so I may escalate this
matter to independent appeal.
Thanks again for your help
#Post#: 98179--------------------------------------------------
Re: I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: November 14, 2025, 9:24 am
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They cannot assume that the keeper was the driver - that's been
tested in the appeal court twice and both times the parking
operator lost.
Excel Parking Services Ltd v Anthony Smith at Manchester Court,
on appeal re claim number C0DP9C4E in June 2017
And
Vehicle Control Services Ltd v Ian Edward, on appeal re claim
H0KF6C9C in April 2023
In your case you categorically have told the parking operator
that the keeper was not the driver and as such it would be
unreasonable behaviour for them to pursue the keeper without
evidence to the contrary.
There is zero chance that you will ever have to pay this.
In the meantime, ignore all debt collecting letters. Wait for
the Letter of Claim - then you can make them chase their tails
for months on end before falling flat on their faces.
#Post#: 98256--------------------------------------------------
Re: I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd
DIR By: b789
Date: November 15, 2025, 8:46 am
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Hilarious! Just like a rat gnawing at a sack of oats, trying to
get at the contents, they persist with mendacious rubbish about
liability.
If your appeal was made within their stated timescale (28 days
from receipt of the Notice to Keeper), then as a BPA operator
they are required to do two things when they reject it:
[indent]1. Issue a formal Notice of Rejection, and
2. Provide a POPLA verification code so you can escalate to
independent appeal.[/indent]
They have done neither. They’ve just nagged you for driver
details, admitted the PCN is non-PoFA, and then stonewalled your
explicit request for a POPLA code. That is:
[indent]– A breach of the PPSCoP.
– Unfair and obstructive behaviour.
– Something you can and should use against them.[/indent]
You have very strong grounds now to treat this as a formal
complaint issue rather than “appeal correspondence”.
You should now send UKPE a formal complaint to
info@ukpenforcement.co.uk and CC the BPA at
aos@britishparking.co.uk:
--- Quote ---
> FORMAL COMPLAINT: FAILURE TO ISSUE POPLA VERIFICATION CODE
>
> Dear Sirs,
>
> I refer to your Parking Charge Notice [reference] and my
appeal submitted on [date].
>
> You have admitted in writing that the notice ‘does not comply
with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012’. Accordingly, there is
no keeper liability and, as I was not the driver, cannot be
liable.
>
> I twice requested that you either cancel the charge or issue a
formal rejection with a POPLA verification code so that I could
exercise my right to independent appeal. You have refused to do
so and instead repeatedly demanded driver details and then
passed the matter to a debt collector.
>
> This is unacceptable and contrary to your obligations as a BPA
Approved Operator. You cannot both (a) reject an appeal and
continue to pursue payment, and (b) withhold a POPLA code to
prevent independent adjudication.
>
> Unless you now either cancel this Parking Charge or issue a
formal Notice of Rejection with a valid POPLA verification code
within 14 days, I will submit full, formal complaints to the BPA
and DVLA enclosing your correspondence, your admission of
non-PoFA compliance, and your failure to provide a POPLA code
while continuing to instruct ZZPS.
>
> The BPA is copied into this correspondence as this matter
concerns your repeated refusal to provide a POPLA code and
misrepresentation of keeper liability.
>
> For the avoidance of doubt, I am under no legal obligation to
identify the driver.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> [Your name]
--- End Quote ---
Then, if they still do not issue a code or cancel, you follow
through with formal complaints to:
[indent]BPA: enclosing the email trail and saying “they admit
the PCN is not PoFA compliant, refuse to issue a POPLA code
despite clear requests, and continue to chase via ZZPS”.
DVLA: saying “my keeper data is being used to pursue a non-PoFA
charge without a proper appeal route and contrary to BPA rules,
please investigate as a possible KADOE breach”.
In the meantime you continue to ignore ZZPS entirely. They are
not a party to anything and are powerless to do anything except
to try and intimidate the low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree
into paying out of ignorance and fear.
#Post#: 98425--------------------------------------------------
Re: I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd
DIR By: moahmed
Date: November 17, 2025, 4:15 am
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Just to confirm, UK Parking Enforcement isn’t on the BPA or IPC
lists, so they can’t issue POPLA codes. But thanks for taking
the time to reply.
#Post#: 98427--------------------------------------------------
Re: I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from UK Parking
Enforcement Ltd
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: November 17, 2025, 4:18 am
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I'm not sure what lists you've been looking at, but they are a
BPA Approved Operator, so yes they can and must issue POPLA
codes -
HTML https://www.britishparking.co.uk/BPA-Approved-Operators
HTML https://www.britishparking.co.uk/BPA-Approved-Operators
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