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If you have received a Close Unit Protection ticket, notice or court letter, it can be worrying to try and deal with it yourself.

Parking Make UK is here to help. We provide our legal letters with a no-win, no-fee guarantee and support to challenge Close Unit Protection tickets, defend your court claims or remove CCJ’s.

About Close Unit Protection Limited ?

Close Unit Protection is a private parking company who issue parking charge notices if drivers don’t park correctly on private land.

However, many Close Unit Protection tickets are issued incorrectly and therefore should be cancelled.

Parking Mate UK is a smart way to challenge Close Unit Protection tickets using BPA Code of Practice and Protections of Freedoms Act 2012 loopholes.

Appeal Close Unit Protection ticket or PCN ?

Challenging your Close Unit Protection parking charge using the law is the easiest way to get your parking charge notice cancelled.

Simply use our Close Unit Protection fine appeal letter service to generate a legal letter and we will guide you on the process of sending the appeal to Close Unit Protection and tribunal.

To challenge a Close Unit Protection ticket:

Read our Close Unit Protection ticket appeal guide
Prepare your personalised appeal letter for £4.99
Send the appeal letter to Close Unit Protection
If your appeal is rejected, we will tell you how to send it to POPLA.

Defend Close Unit Protection Court Claim

If Close Unit Protection issue a county court claim, don’t panic, we can support with defending your court claim by handling your court case.

We will be able to do the following for you:

Write and submit your defence
Prepare the N180 form
Prepare your Witness Statement

We will submit the documents for you and handle the case from start to finish *including claiming your defence cost.*

We defend county court claims issued by:

BW Legal
CST Law
DCB Legal
Gladstone’s Solicitors
QDR Solicitors

To send your case, please follow the steps below;

Click Submit Your Ticket below
Enter the claim reference details and attach a photo of your *Court Claim*
Pay £99.99 for the “County Court Handling”

Our team will write and submit your court documents for you.

Going to court is not as scary as it used to be, it is actually the easiest and fairest way to resolve a Close Unit Protection ticket.

Parking Mate UK can prepare the documents you need to defend a court case using the same laws that we use to generate appeal letters.

Learn more about Close Unit Protection Court Claims

How to Remove Close Unit Protection CCJ?

We can get CCJ’s removed if the CCJ is not issued correctly, for example, the claim is sent to your old address or you had no chance to defend your case. Then you can apply to have the CCJ to be set aside and if successful, the claim will also be dismissed.

We remove CCJ’s obtained by:

BW Legal
CST Law
DCB Legal
Gladstone’s Solicitors
QDR Solicitors

Please watch the video above to learn about how we defend CCJ’s.

Then submit your case here if you want us to help We will be able to do the following for you:

We will make a Subject Access Request to Close Unit Protection.
Then we will will complete the N244 CCJ Set Aside Application & Witness statement
We will check if you can get an exemption from the £275 application fee
Provide an email to send to the CCBC with your application

To send your case, please follow the steps below:

Click Send Us Your Case
Enter the PCN details and attach a photo of your *CCJ* or Photo ID
Pay £99.99 for the “County Court Handling”

Please note that there is an additional fee of £275 that must be paid to apply for a CCJ to be removed.

You can apply for help with fees to get the fee removed or if the parking company agree to set aside the application, then the fee is reduced to £100.

Our team will write and submit your court documents for you shortly.

Close Unit Protection Debt Recovery Letter ?

If you receive a debt recovery letter from Close Unit Protection, it is important to understand your options at this stage. It is generally advised to ignore such letters, as the purpose of the debt recovery process is often to obtain more information from you or to pressure you into paying.

Despite any claims made in the letter, it is unlikely that the parking charge notice will be canceled at this point.

This is because debt recovery companies have a contractual agreement with Close Unit Protection, where they only get paid if they successfully collect the debt from you.

You may receive a debt recovery letter:

Please read our guide debt recovery guide, it explains clearly the following:

What to do if you receive a debt recovery letter
Your options at this stage of the process
And if you should ignore the debt recovery letters

Close Unit Protection Ticket Quick Guide

Parking Charge Notice Appeal	If you have just received a parking charge notice, appeal it using our online service. This costs £4.99, we will guide you through the appeal process from start to finish. Start your appeal
Appeal to the POPLA	If your appeal has been rejected by Close Unit Protection, generate an appeal letter using our online service then submit it to POPLA. This costs £4.99, we will guide on submitting your appeal to POPLA. Start your appeal
Appeal Rejected by POPLA	If your appeal has been rejected by POPLA, you can pay the parking charge amount but don't pay debt recovery fees.
Close Unit Protection Reminder Letter	If you have received a reminder letter, then you can make either send an appeal letter or make a complaint to Close Unit Protection but do so via your MP, find your MP here. Start your appeal \| Find your mp
Close Unit Protection Debt Recovery Letter	If you have received a debt recovery letter, first read our guide on debt recovery but you can ignore these letters for now. Read our debt recovery guide
Close Unit Protection Letter Before Claim	A letter before claim is the stage before the case goes to court, there is no action to do at this stage. However, when you receive a county court claim, please send us your case. This costs £99.99 and there is a No Win No Fee guarantee. Send us your case
Close Unit Protection Court Claim	Simply submit your case to our team and we will help you defend the court case. This costs £99.99 and there is a No Win No Fee guarantee. Send us your case
Close Unit Protection County Court Judgement (CCJ)	Submit your case to our team, and we will get the CCJ removed and challenge their original court case. This costs £99.99 and there is a No Win No Fee guarantee. Send us your case

Close Unit Protection FAQ

Important Information Close Unit Protection Tickets

Close Unit Protection tickets are essentially invoices for breaching a contract.
You have 28 days to send your appeal or it may become more difficult to challenge.
The decision of an appeal at POPLA is not binding on you, but is binding on Close Unit Protection.
Close Unit Protection must win in court to enforce the charge.
If they lose, they may be required to compensate you.
You have the opportunity to defend yourself in court and claim compensation as a litigant in person if you win.
If you feel that Close Unit Protection has not treated you fairly, you have the right to file a complaint.

Received A Close Unit Protection Reminder Letter ?

If Close Unit Protection issue a reminder letter while the appeal is in progress, then you can simply wait for the appeal process to finish before you take any action.

If the reminder letter comes out of the blue without a parking charge being issued, then you could be entitled to make a complaint about not receiving parking charge notice.

Ticket has progressed to a receive a reminder notice, you may have an opportunity to challenge the parking charge notice or you may have an opportunity to negotiate a lower rate for your parking charge.

British Parking Association rules say that a final reminder can only be issued after a parking charge notice is sent. If not, you may be able to complain about the unfair enforcement.

If a reminder is sent during the appeal process, for example within 28 days after the parking charge was issued, you can still appeal it as if it was the parking charge notice and put your case forward to why you object the parking charge notice.

Can I ignore Close Unit Protection Ticket?

Since 2012, the law Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 was introduced to help both drivers and parking companies when it comes to dealing with parking tickets.

For drivers, this law made clamping illegal, and introduced requirements that Close Unit Protection must follow in order to make the vehicle keeper liable for a parking charge if the driver is not known.

This is still the most powerful tool today to challenge parking tickets because the law clearly explains the requirements that Close Unit Protection must meet to transfer liability.

However, the same law allows Close Unit Protection to transfer liability to the registered keeper, so if you ignore the parking charge, Close Unit Protection can use it to make the keeper liable.

CCJ Quick Reference

A CCJ must be removed if the CCJ is not issued correctly, for example, the claim is sent to your old address, then you can apply to have the CCJ to be set aside and if successful, you will have an opportunity to defend the court claim.

Parking companies often omit this information that you can get a CCJ removed or have it set aside in certain situations. In fact, as part of the process to challenge a CCJ, if you and the parking company agree that a claim was issued to an old address or you agree to pay the amount, then a CCJ can be removed if both parties “consent” or agree to have it removed.

Most people think that they will receive a CCJ if they don’t respond to parking tickets, however this only happens if you ignore a County Court claim and do not defend yourself.

Are Close Unit Protection tickets enforceable?

The answer is no. Close Unit Protection tickets are invoices issued for breach of contract, what this means is that when you receive the parking charge notice, you have an opportunity to engage with Close Unit Protection and challenge whether that parking charge notice was issued correctly or not.

If Close Unit Protection issued the parking charge correctly, they still have to take the case to court before they can enforce it.

If Close Unit Protection don’t comply with the law, they could put themselves in a difficult situation where they commit fraud under Fraud Act 2006 or if they lose a court case, they will have to pay compensation if they have been unreasonable.

So, parking charge notices can only be a nuisance if you ignore court proceedings and you do not respond. Otherwise, many claims can successfully be defended in court.

Close Unit Protection Ticket in Scotland and Northern Ireland

The rules for Close Unit Protection tickets in Scotland and Northern Ireland differ from the rest of the UK as the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 does not apply there.

This means Close Unit Protection will attempt to identify the driver to hold them liable, but if they cannot do so legitimately, they could be committing fraud by transferring liability to the registered keeper.

Many people are unaware of their rights in this situation, leading to unfair enforcement. The Data Protection Act 2018 was introduced to protect individuals from this and allow them to claim compensation from Close Unit Protection.

Recently, Nigel Farage held Coutts Bank accountable for collecting his political views without his consent and residents of Scotland and Northern Ireland can also make a subject access request to find out if their information was processed without legitimate reason.

In this case, they can claim up to £750 for Breach of Data Protection Act 2018.

Close Unit Protection Reviews

If you look at reviews on Trust Pilot, you will find that many of the reviews are negative and at least 1 star. The reason for this is because many people are frustrated that parking charges are often issued unfairly, leading them to pay parking charge notices out of fear of the amount increasing.

However, if you believe that your parking charge notice has been issued correctly, you should still challenge it. This is the only way to ensure that you are not treated unfairly, which is why we have created our website to help those who have received a parking ticket, court claim, or CCJ to easily and confidently challenge the charges.

Our No Win No Fee Guarantee

We understand that dealing with parking tickets can be stressful, and so we provide an assurance that if your appeal is rejected at the tribunal or your court case is not successful at the hearing, we will refund the fee you paid to challenge the ticket or defend your case.
We do this in order to invest in our business and make it better for drivers, as well as to ensure that we are a reliable partner when it comes to supporting those who take the risk to challenge their parking ticket.
If this is the case for you, simply log into our website and send us a request for a refund. We want to be successful when our clients are successful.

Important Links and Information:

Parking Operator: Close Unit Protection
Close Unit Protection Website: www.closeunitprotection.com
Appeal Tribunal: POPLA, www.popla.co.uk
BPA Website: britishparking.co.uk

Last Updated: 09 November 2023

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