Quote:Re: Parking Charge Notice [reference number]

I am the registered keeper of the vehicle identified in your Notice to Keeper dated 30 September 2026. I dispute the parking charge and require its cancellation.

1. Failure to establish keeper liability under Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

Your Notice to Keeper does not adequately comply with the mandatory requirements of Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (PoFA).

In particular, the warning concerning keeper liability under paragraph 9(2)(f) appears to misrepresent the cumulative statutory conditions through its use of alternative wording.

PoFA requires that the parking charge remains unpaid and that the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service before the statutory warning can operate as prescribed.

The notice fails to reproduce those conditions correctly. Consequently, you have not established any entitlement to recover the charge from me as registered keeper.

2. Failure to specify the period of parking – paragraph 9(2)(a)

Your notice states that the recorded duration of stay was 12 minutes and 31 seconds.

However, it does not specify the actual period of parking to which the charge relates, as expressly required by paragraph 9(2)(a).

A recorded duration of presence on the site is not necessarily evidence of a period of parking, particularly where the alleged contravention concerns a roadway.

3. No demonstrated contractual liability

The allegation is described as "Parked in a roadway".

You have provided no adequate evidence that the terms displayed at the location offered a contractual licence to park on the roadway, that those terms were capable of acceptance in the circumstances, or that any enforceable contractual obligation arose.

If the signage prohibits parking on the roadway, rather than offering parking subject to payment of a specified charge, you must explain the contractual basis on which you contend that the parking charge is recoverable.

4. No presumption that the registered keeper was the driver

The identity of the driver has not been established. There is no statutory presumption that the registered keeper was driving, nor any obligation on the keeper to identify the driver.

Any attempt to impose keeper liability must therefore satisfy the applicable requirements of PoFA.

I require you to cancel this parking charge. Should you refuse, provide a POPLA verification code so that the matter may be considered independently.

Quote:"The signage at the location is expressly prohibitory, prominently stating 'NO PARKING'. Such wording does not constitute an offer of parking capable of acceptance by the prohibited conduct. The entrance sign merely states that parking conditions apply and does not establish any contractual offer relating to the roadway. UKPC is put to strict proof of the contractual offer allegedly made, its acceptance, and its authority to pursue any alleged breach. Any allegation of trespass would require a separate legal basis and proof of the necessary standing."