How Do I Pay My ZZPS Limited PCN?

This blog serves to answer the question “How Do I Pay My ZZPS Limited PCN?” Paying your ZZPS Limited PCN fine is quite easy if you have some spare time and access to the internet (for paying online) or to a telephone line (for automated payments). You will find 4 ways to pay your PCN in this blog, and you should choose one of them within 14 days and pay off your ZZPS Limited PCN fine at half its original rate.

How Do I Pay My ZZPS Limited PCN?

You can pay your ZZPS Limited PCN in 4 different ways which are online on the ZZPS Limited website, by calling on ZZPS Limited’s automated payments hotline, by cash, check, or postal order at your bank and by check or postal order through the mail.

Two of these methods are relatively similar and involve the use of your credit or debit card information to pay off the PCN. So you need to simply have the required balance on your debit card and your payment will be made smoothly. The automated payments hotline uses your payment card information securely as it first asks for your PCN Number to be entered and gives you a specific code for your identifying your payment at the end.

The online method for paying your ZZPS Limited PCN also uses your payment card details and requires you to enter these into the system after your PCN Number, which serves to verify your identity. This method for PCN payment is by far the safest and most reliable way to pay your ZZPS Limited PCN.

In contrast, if you choose the slowest method of paying your PCN by sending a check or postal order through the mail to “ZZPS Limited”, you should allow a period of 3 to 5 days for your payment to reach its destination. You also need to remember to write your PCN Number and Vehicle Registration Number on the backside of your check or postal order.

In many cases, PCNs are not enforceable and you may be able to win your case and avoid having to pay your fine.

You could begin the process by speaking to an online solicitor for as little as £5. 

What is a Penalty Charge Notice?

A Penalty Charge Notice is a monetary penalty issued to drivers or motorists for committing certain traffic contraventions including violating Parking, Bus Lane and Moving Traffic restrictions. A PCN is issued for failing to follow Parking zone, bus lane enforcement and moving traffic restrictions mentioned in the Road Traffic Act 1984 and the Traffic Management Act 2004.

A penalty charge notice can be handed to you by a Civil Enforcement Officer or dispatched to your (DVLA) residential address by post. Traffic contraventions are observed by CCTV cameras and Civil Enforcement Officers before a violation is detected and the vehicle is charged with a PCN.

A PCN might also be issued for failing to pay road charges on time. You have 28 days to decide how and if you would like to challenge your Penalty Charge Notice. After 28 days if you have neither paid nor challenged your PCN, you will be sent a charge certificate from the Traffic Penalty Tribunal.

If you don’t challenge a PCN, you should pay the fine within 28 days, otherwise, its amount will increase by 50%. A £130 PCN will be worth £195 if you pay it in the 14 days after receiving your charge certificate.

What is the procedure for paying my ZZPS Limited PCN?

It is best to make your ZZPS PCN fine payment online on the ZZPS website using Visa Card, Master Card, Direct Debit or Maestro Card. This method saves time and is also more precise. 

You need to enter your PCN Charge Number and your vehicle registration number after opening this webpage to pay your ZZPS PCN by using a credit card..To complete your fine submission online you also have to enter your payment card details in the next window after clicking “Continue” You must remember to wait for 24 hours after your PCN is issued before attempting to pay it.

Your ZZPS PCN fine is also payable by telephone. You need to dial the following number to connect to ZZPS Ltd payments system: 01932 918 916 Next, you need to enter your payment card details on the call as well as your card’s billing address. Your vehicle registration number and ZZPS PCN number are also needed to complete your payment. This automated payments hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

You can also pay your ZZPS Limited PCN by sending a check or postal order payable to “ZZPS Limited”. You also need to attach the payment slip in your “Notice To Owner” document to this payment. The check or postal order should have your PCN number and Vehicle Registration Number written on the back. This payment needs to be sent to:

ZZPS Limited,

Bacchus House,

1 Station Road,

Addlestone,

Surrey,

KT15 2AG

You can also pay your ZZPS Limited PCN by cash check or postal order at your bank and make the PCN payment at the local branch of any bank. You will require this information while making your payment. Account Number: 68752288 Sort Code: 60-22-25.

Which parking contravention codes are enforced in ZZPS Ltd’s car parks?

The following parking contravention codes are enforced in ZZPS Ltd car parks:

• Contravention Code 71 parked within an electric vehicle’s charging space without being charged (in restricted hours)

• Contravention Code 73 parked without paying the required parking charge.  (with a 10-minute observation time)

• Contravention Code 80 parked in a parking space for a duration longer than that allowed by the car park.  (with a 10-minute observation time)

• Contravention Code 82 parked after the expiry of the time limit mentioned on the parking permit or pay and display ticket (with a 10-minute observation time)

• Contravention code 83. Parked in a ZZPS car park without clearly showing the parking permit or pay and display ticket on its windscreen  (with a 10-minute observation time)

• Contravention code 84. Parked in a ZZPS car park with payment made to extend(parking) beyond the original time limit first paid for. You can only buy parking for your vehicle once when you bring your vehicle to the ZZPS car park and this amount (time duration) should be enough for your visit.

• Contravention code 86. A vehicle that is shown not to be clearly parked within its designated parking space.

• Contravention code 90. A vehicle that has been reparked within the same car park within one hour of leaving the zone

• Contravention code 93. A vehicle has been left parked inside a car park, while the ZZPS Ltd car park was closed.

• Contravention code 94. A vehicle that has been left parked inside a pay-and-display car park without properly displaying 2 pay and display tickets where required.

• Contravention code 95. A vehicle that has been left parked within a ZZPS parking zone for a different purpose than that which the car park is meant for.

• Contravention code 96. A vehicle that has been left parked in a ZZPS Ltd car park with its engine on (where prohibited)

How Can I Pay My ZZPS Limited PCN after challenging it?

You can also pay your ZZPS Limited PCN after your challenge gets rejected by the car park management company. The procedure for doing this is quite simple. Once you get your PCN, you should choose to challenge it online (preferably) and then when you have submitted your PCN challenge you can think of what you will do next. This formal representation will contain evidence provided by you from the traffic violation scene as well as a genuine case for getting the PCN cancelled.

You can submit a formal representation to your ZZPS Limited PCN by writing a letter addressed to ZZPS Limited or by filling in the online formal representation form on the ZZPS Limited official website.

You need to brainstorm reasons for challenging a ZZPS Limited PCN from the day of the incident and list them down in word processing software or on paper. It is essential to have some authentic evidence to attach with your PCN appeal in the form of video footage of the traffic violation, medical certificates explaining your mitigating circumstances, or pay and display tickets. 

The evidence must be matched with the grounds for your appeal before describing the incident from your point of view. Your rough formal representation can be edited for clarity multiple times before it is ready to attach to your online appeal to ZZPS Limited. You need to visit the ZZPS Limited website to submit a formal representation to your ZZPS Limited PCN. You have to open this webpage to enter your PCN Number and your Vehicle Registration Number. You need to click on Submit to move on to the formal representation form.

Photo and video evidence is the most convincing kind of evidence to prove your case to ZZPS Limited.

It is essential to upload authentic evidence material with your PCN challenge to describe your mitigating circumstances to ZZPS Limited and for explaining your point of view of the events which took place at the traffic violation scene.  If you made a video clip of your traffic contravention, you should save snapshots from it by using a video player or video editing software. 

Most video players such as VLC player allow you to slow down your video frame by frame and thus take ( a collection of) snapshots to attach with your ZZPS Limited PCN challenge. The text of your appeal must state the relevant contravention code on your PCN and explain how you attempted to avoid the error (supported by photos or video footage).

Once you have proofread your appeal to eliminate any reasons for your challenge which might convey a disregard for the parking contravention codes enforced by ZZPS Limited (by mixing up the contraventions) or reasons which involve forgetfulness to justify your actions, you can submit the formal representation form by clicking on “Submit”.

Another way to send in your ZZPS Limited PCN challenge is by mail. You can write a formal representation to ZZPS Limited on the reverse of your “Notice to Owner” document. This handwritten appeal should be composed gradually by incorporating all the available evidence material to support the grounds for your challenge and should be able to convince the council of your mitigating circumstances (or other acceptable reasons).

You should view evidence relating to your ZZPS Limited PCN online before writing down your appeal so that you end up focusing on refuting the contents of the CCTV video or photographs or your traffic violation. Your PCN appeals form and all accompanying evidence documents (enclosed in an envelope) need to be sent to:

ZZPS Limited,

Bacchus House,

1 Station Road,

Addlestone,

Surrey,

KT15 2AG

ZZPS Limited will respond to your Parking PCN appeal and your ZZPS Limited PCN will be cancelled or you will be sent a Notice of Rejection or Representations, which needs to be received promptly in order to contest the notice with the Parking on Private Land Appeals service.

If the company rejects this appeal, you will be made to pay your PCN through the original 4 methods which would have been used to pay it. You can then pay your ZZPS Limited PCN online, by check or postal order in the mail, by cash, check or postal order at your bank, or via the telephone payments hotline set up by ZZPS Limited. It is important to remember that if you sent in your PCN challenge within 14 days, you will still be paying your PCN at the discounted 50% amount.

What happens if I don’t pay my ZZPS Limited PCN within 28 days?

You should not consider a private car park PCN any less than a regular PCN issued by your local council. The lower level parking contravention codes enforced by ZZPS Limited make you legally bound to respect them while using the company’s parking zones.

If you neither pay your ZZPS Parking PCN within 28 days nor decide to appeal against it, you will be sent a letter from the car park company to pay your PCN in full within 14 days. If you don’t pay the PCN within the next 14 days, you (nonpayment) case will be passed on to enforcement agents or bailiffs. Your actions will also result in the filing of a court order (for recovery of debts) against you by ZZPS Limited.

Your unpaid Parking PCN amount will be treated as a debt with the Traffic Enforcement Centre at the Northampton County Court.

The court order for debt recovery enforces that the charge certificate amount must be paid in full within 21 days the county court will have to use additional powers to recover the money from your possession which means employing Enforcement Agents, to (contact you or) visit your personal premises.

Conclusion

This blog post addressed the question “How Do I Pay My ZZPS Limited PCN?” Paying your ZZPS Limited PCN at the bank seems like the most reliable and direct way of paying the fine as you are writing down the ZZPS Limited Account Number (and sort code) onto the pay slip of your bank to enable a direct bank account transfer. By providing the option of paying your ZZPS Limited PCN by check and postal order through the bank account option as well as by mail, you are provided with a much more quicker and reliable option for paying your PCN.