07-08-2026, 01:45 PM
Hello there! It has been a while.
We have received 13 Parking Charge Notices for company vehicles for stopping on Chequers Lane on Dagenham Docks, waiting to access a waste management site which has limited capacity. Chequers Lane is an industrial estate road..... that happens to be privately owned by the Greater London Authority (GLA). The issue is, it's just a road, it's purpose is to serve the commercial premises on the road, it looks like public highway, and there is nothing that clearly differentiates it from the adopted public highway. There is no entrance signage, and PPM even had their enforcement signage on a section of Public Highway on Choats Road, the road leading to Chequers Lane. This has since been removed following complaints to Barking & Dagenham Council, their Counter Fraud Department, BPA and a BBC Radio 4 show about Dagenham Docks and unfair parking practices.
In 2025 we received 9. All 9 were issued and delivered outside of the relevant 14-day period required by POFA 2012 to invoke Keeper Liability. The first 4 were appealed and rejected by PPM. They were then appealed to POPLA, and PPM failed to submit evidence within 21 days. One fella at POPLA, Alex, was actually very helpful when I called and concluded all four on the POPLA portal immediately with a successful decision. The 5th Notice to Keeper, PPM included pictures of the wrong vehicle. They accepted that appeal and attributed the mistake to an "admin error". The following four were appealed, and again, rejected by PPM. These four were appealed to POPLA, and PPM withdrew from all 4.
2025 Notice to Keeper and successful POPLA decisions
However, despite being clearly non-POFA compliant, forfeiting their right to pursue the charge by withdrawing from POPLA and having written confirmation from the Landowner, GLA, that non-POFA charges are not pursued passed the initial appeal stage, PPM passed these four onto a debt collection agency TNC Collections, who started sending letters. They did eventually get cancelled and I got two apologies from PPM. They seemed quite upset about being reported to BPA, DVLA, Trading Standards, the ICO and Action Fraud. Lucky for them though, nobody cares! They don't have a Kadoe contract so DVLA don't care; BPA is BPA, they never care; Trading Standards only investigate something if it gets numerous reports; ICO don't care as it's not personal data; and Action Fraud only seems to take reports regarding online fraud.
I thought PPM had maybe learnt their lesson. But apparently not. They gave us a 2026 new year gift of 4 more Parking Charges. But this time they weren't even claiming we were parked. They were issued for.... get this....... being "STOPPED IN A NO WAITING ZONE".
2026 Notice to Keeper, Appeal Rejection, my POPLA appeal template and POPLA outcomes.
PPM failed to provide evidence that they had the legal standing to enforce the charges on the land and all four POPLA appeals were allowed on that point alone.
PPM have said they are unfamiliar with the Codes Signage Requirements and they were unaware that they had to provide evidence of Landowner Authority to POPLA..... as it was there first time doing it.
PPM 0 - Me 13
Anyway, BBC Radio 4 did an episode of The Patch on Dagenham Docks and the unfair parking practices by PPM
I actually had a 40 minute discussion with the presenter Polly Weston, and it was refreshing to converse with someone who had done their homework and was standing up for the little guy as they say. I was actually in the show for like 5 seconds, but they cut out the part where I explained how I didn't pay any of them lol, but I get why, and I support the narrative of the show. Screw PPM and all the parking companies.
We have received 13 Parking Charge Notices for company vehicles for stopping on Chequers Lane on Dagenham Docks, waiting to access a waste management site which has limited capacity. Chequers Lane is an industrial estate road..... that happens to be privately owned by the Greater London Authority (GLA). The issue is, it's just a road, it's purpose is to serve the commercial premises on the road, it looks like public highway, and there is nothing that clearly differentiates it from the adopted public highway. There is no entrance signage, and PPM even had their enforcement signage on a section of Public Highway on Choats Road, the road leading to Chequers Lane. This has since been removed following complaints to Barking & Dagenham Council, their Counter Fraud Department, BPA and a BBC Radio 4 show about Dagenham Docks and unfair parking practices.
In 2025 we received 9. All 9 were issued and delivered outside of the relevant 14-day period required by POFA 2012 to invoke Keeper Liability. The first 4 were appealed and rejected by PPM. They were then appealed to POPLA, and PPM failed to submit evidence within 21 days. One fella at POPLA, Alex, was actually very helpful when I called and concluded all four on the POPLA portal immediately with a successful decision. The 5th Notice to Keeper, PPM included pictures of the wrong vehicle. They accepted that appeal and attributed the mistake to an "admin error". The following four were appealed, and again, rejected by PPM. These four were appealed to POPLA, and PPM withdrew from all 4.
2025 Notice to Keeper and successful POPLA decisions
However, despite being clearly non-POFA compliant, forfeiting their right to pursue the charge by withdrawing from POPLA and having written confirmation from the Landowner, GLA, that non-POFA charges are not pursued passed the initial appeal stage, PPM passed these four onto a debt collection agency TNC Collections, who started sending letters. They did eventually get cancelled and I got two apologies from PPM. They seemed quite upset about being reported to BPA, DVLA, Trading Standards, the ICO and Action Fraud. Lucky for them though, nobody cares! They don't have a Kadoe contract so DVLA don't care; BPA is BPA, they never care; Trading Standards only investigate something if it gets numerous reports; ICO don't care as it's not personal data; and Action Fraud only seems to take reports regarding online fraud.
I thought PPM had maybe learnt their lesson. But apparently not. They gave us a 2026 new year gift of 4 more Parking Charges. But this time they weren't even claiming we were parked. They were issued for.... get this....... being "STOPPED IN A NO WAITING ZONE".
2026 Notice to Keeper, Appeal Rejection, my POPLA appeal template and POPLA outcomes.
PPM failed to provide evidence that they had the legal standing to enforce the charges on the land and all four POPLA appeals were allowed on that point alone.
PPM have said they are unfamiliar with the Codes Signage Requirements and they were unaware that they had to provide evidence of Landowner Authority to POPLA..... as it was there first time doing it.
PPM 0 - Me 13
Anyway, BBC Radio 4 did an episode of The Patch on Dagenham Docks and the unfair parking practices by PPM
I actually had a 40 minute discussion with the presenter Polly Weston, and it was refreshing to converse with someone who had done their homework and was standing up for the little guy as they say. I was actually in the show for like 5 seconds, but they cut out the part where I explained how I didn't pay any of them lol, but I get why, and I support the narrative of the show. Screw PPM and all the parking companies.
