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       APCOA Parking PCN - Guildford Station Long Stay
       By: deathyy Date: January 29, 2026, 5:12 am
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       Hi all, I've been reading lots of posts on this forum for the
       past few months, for personal interest, and now becuase a family
       member has a PCN...
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       Basically I'm starting to doubt my self wether the wording of
       the appeal below was actually correct... My understanding at the
       time was the land the car was parked on is railway land. It's
       got to the point where the next stage is a POPLA appeal, and all
       the posts about POPLA appeals on this forum I have found so far
       I've noticed that the PCN refers to railway bylaws in the
       original PCN, where as this one does not. [br][br]And the line
       about 24 hour session doesn't seem to have helped as the person
       reading my appeal seems to have come to the conclusion we paid
       and have evidence. The driver seems to think they paid but they
       can't find any evidence to prove it. [br][br]Wondering if anyone
       can advise? Thank you!
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       Car was issued a PCN at Guildford station long stay, on the PCN
       it's called 'Guildford - Long Stay Station View' on 08/11/2025.
       The photos show a yellow PCN under the windscreen wiper, this
       was no where to be found when the driver returned to the car.
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       18/12/2025 a letter comes through the door for the registered
       keeper advising of a Parking Charge. This is the first time the
       registered keeper learned about the charge.
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       Using threads on this forum, the registered keeper sends this
       appeal on 18/12/2025 to APCOA:
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       I appeal as keeper. I am not obliged to identify the driver and
       I decline to do so.
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       You have issued a confusing PCN because the location is a
       railway car park and dependent on ownership will be administered
       either under railway bylaws or the Protection of Freedoms Act
       2012 (POFA). In this situation you have not made clear if you
       are operating under railway bylaws or under the POFA "relevant
       land" concept.
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       In the event the location is relevant land, your notice does not
       contain the mandatory warning required by POFA paragraph 9(2)(f)
       and it is now too late for you to deliver a POFA-compliant
       notice to keeper.
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       In the event the location is railway land, under bylaws you are
       unable to transfer the driver’s liability (if any) to me because
       the location in question is not ‘relevant land’ as defined in
       Schedule 4 to POFA.
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       You have failed to deliver your 'parking charge' within adequate
       time, the charge letter was only delivered today, the 18th
       December 2025 to the keeper. The date stated on the letter is
       the 8th November 2025, the date the pictures of the vehicle were
       taken, despite APCOA allowing 24 hours after the parking session
       ending to pay, showing you have issued a charge during the
       period of time when a driver would still have been able to pay
       for parking and not receive any spurious charges from yourself.
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       Please either cancel the notice or issue a POPLA code so POPLA
       can review and instruct you to cancel it.
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       Thanks
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       On 29/12/2025 this response is recieved over email:
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       No response is given, and then on 12/01/2026 this email is
       recieved, also they resent the images taken by the parking
       attendant on the 08/11/2026.
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