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Euro Car Parks - POPLA
DIR By: Marylee
Date: November 27, 2025, 12:43 pm
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Hi,
I really appreciate any help.
I received a parking notice in September, which I tried to
appeal.
As expected, I received a generic response from ECP, that my
appeal was rejected.
I am not the registered keeper, I am just the driver of this
vehicle.
Apparently, I was not parked in a Marked bay, however as you can
see, my back tyres are literally on/within the marked bay.
I therefore believe that this parking fine, is really harsh.
I am therefore enquiring as to whether, you believe that this
decision could be overturned by the POPLA
If yes, can you pretty please assist me with how you would write
the POPLA.
As I am not sure what to include, thank you for your assistance.
Please follow links to my evidence -
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/jS1PhJv6/10281111-ARH-MB-V001-3-(2)-(1).png
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Re: Euro Car Parks - POPLA
DIR By: jfollows
Date: November 27, 2025, 1:32 pm
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The PCN is unreadable and you have obscured dates and times,
please read
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/
We need to see your appeal and their response. It sounds as if
you identified yourself as the driver in your appeal.
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Re: Euro Car Parks - POPLA
DIR By: Marylee
Date: November 28, 2025, 3:21 am
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Dear JFollows,
Thanks for your quick response.
Sorry about that mistake, this was their response to my appeal -
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/jS1PhJv6/10281111_ARH_MB_V001_3_(2)_(1).png
Please also find the parking charge notice, that I received
initially-
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/brKrpgKP/IMG-4607.jpg
This might not be helpful, and I've been searching all night for
it, however I cannot seem to find my initial appeal to ECP.
However, my appeal had something along the lines of the vehicle
being broken down, so it was not able to move, and that is why
it may have been slightly on the line. I tried to explain to
them, that as soon as the vehicle was able to be moved, it was
moved. My mistake, I believe I did admit to being the driver.
Thank you,
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Re: Euro Car Parks - POPLA
DIR By: Dave65
Date: November 28, 2025, 4:35 am
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"Authorised Vehicles Only"
Would this be a case of no offer of a contract to a vehicle not
authorised.
Anyway at the end of the day as b789 says you would most likely
pay nothing to ECP, but it could go all the way to a court.
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Re: Euro Car Parks - POPLA
DIR By: b789
Date: November 28, 2025, 7:25 am
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Pity you did not come here first before doing anything. As this
was a windscreen Notice to Driver (NtD), you have done all the
dirty work for ECP and given them what they could never have
achieved, on a silver plate with cherries on top!
Their NtD is not PoFA compliant which means that they could
never transfer liability to the Keeper if the driver is not
identified. They had absolutely no idea who the driver was until
you blabbed it to them.
All you had to do is respond to the NtD on day 27 after the
event with an appeal by the Keeper stating that as the Keeper,
they cannot hold them liable as their NtD did not comply with
PoFA 7(2)(a). They would have either responded and rejected that
appeal without ever issuing a Notice to Keeper (NtK), another
requirement under PoFA 8(4) to be able to hold the Keeper liable
if the driver is not identified.
Either way, the Keeper could have appeal to POPLA and it would
have been cancelled. However, that was not done and now the
driver is identified so the wining PoFA argument is flushed down
the toilet.
Any POPLA appeal now is futile. However, all is not lost. As
this is an ECP PCN, it will escalate all the way to a county
court claim issued by their preferred bulk litigator, DCB Legal.
I can assure you with greater then 99.9% certainty that any
claim issued by DCB Legal, as long as it is defended with out
template defence, will eventually either be struck out or
discontinued.
Just do a search of the forum for any other ECP PCN, to see the
process. Unfortunately for you, what would have been a simple
5-8 week process ending with a cancellation will now be a 9-12+
month process, albeit still ending without you paying penny to
ECP.
I don't advise wasting you time with a futile POPLA appeal. You
can safely ignore all the useless debt recovery letters that
will come your way. Debt collectors 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.
Come back when you receive a Letter of Claim (LoC) from DCB
Legal and we will take it from there.
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Re: Euro Car Parks - POPLA
DIR By: Marylee
Date: December 6, 2025, 12:01 pm
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Sorry for my very late reply!
Yes it's a shame indeed, I knew about the old Pepipoo site, but
I'm totally new to this one.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing!
Going forward I will definitely take your advice, I will read
this forum in the meantime, and will let you know when I have
the Letter of Claim (LoC) from DCB Legal.
Thanks once again for all of your help.
I will definitely be back soon :)
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