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POPLA Decisions
MSE Note: Hi! Please don't post any private details (yours or other peoples) on the forum for privacy reasons. Thanks! MSE Official Insert: Read our MoneySaving UK Travel & Transport guides to save more including Fight Private Parking Tickets and Parking Ticket Appeals. Back to Aaron Aadvark's original post.... This thread…
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Template defence to adapt for all parking cases with added 'admin/DRA' costs - edited in 2025
PLEASE READ THIS POST FIRST TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE SOME OR ALL OF THIS SUGGESTED TEMPLATE AS PART OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL DEFENCE, THAT YOU CAN THEN DRAFT. YOUR FINAL DEFENCE THAT YOU DECIDE TO DRAFT IS YOUR OWN. NOTHING ON THIS BOARD IS LEGAL ADVICE, JUST OPINIONS BASED ON EXPERIENCE OF WINNING DEFENCES. THE MAIN INFO ABOUT…
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**NEWBIES!! PRIVATE PARKING TICKET? OLD OR NEW? **READ THESE FAQS FIRST!** Thankyou!
:) WELCOME! :) HOW TO BEAT A PRIVATE PCN: BY APPEAL, COMPLAINT, OR DEFENCE. BEFORE YOU USE THE FORUM, IF YOU ARE NOT SURE HOW TO USE IT, CLICK HERE Forum Introduction Guide DO NOT USE YOUR REAL NAME AS YOUR USERNAME IF YOU POST A THREAD: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5532696 FAQS FIRST. NO THREAD IS…
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MSE Parking Ticket Appeals Guide feedback
Hi all, We noticed that a recent thread we started about MoneySavingExpert's Parking Ticket Appeals Guide prompted a response from a number of users. Thank you for all the feedback. MSE's guides are based on detailed journalistic research and analysis rather than tailored advice aimed at individuals. These guides are…
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"A safe and friendly community"
Hi everyone, It's come to our attention that there have been more and more instances of uncivil behaviour here on the parking board, and I'd like to address the situation directly. Firstly, we'd like to express how much we value the insight and support that our very knowledgeable Forumites can offer. This is the very heart…
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Posting on the Parking Board – your help please
MSE Update November 2017 Hi everyone Please could all forumites using this board re-read our original post below. Thank you! ---- Please read our Don't Pay Unfair Parking Tickets News story for MSE's stance. Hi everyone, As you’ll be aware this board was set up for users to find factual information about parking tickets…
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The Parking Tickets Board Sticky
WELCOME [Useful Links & General Info] **NEWBIES!! PRIVATE PARKING TICKET? OLD OR NEW? **READ THESE FAQS FIRST!** Thankyou! Parking board feedback POPLA Decisions IAS Decisions (IAS = Independent Appeals Service) BPA Code of Practice - latest version Parking - Letter Before County Court Claim (LBCCC) - Fight back! Guidance…
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Claim Form for PCN received
Hello all, hope this thread helps anyone who is as lost as I am trying to find a way through this. In December 2024 I parked my car in a carpark that is supervised by Euro Car Parks Ltd. Having done so quite frequently and knowing that it allowed me to do so for 3h I didn't think much of it. Turns out that ECP changed the…
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Euro Car Parks have sent a court order and tribunal
Hello, I was issued a Parking Charge Notice on 21/04/2025, regarding a brief entry into a Euro Car Parks site. On the above date, I entered the car park but left immediately upon finding out that vans were required to stay for a minimum of 24 hours at a cost of £26, which was not suitable for my needs. I made no attempt to…
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HM Court & Tribunals Service letter on ignored PCN
Hello, had a letter from HM Court & Tribunals Service and a claim form regarding a Smart Parking PCN ignored since July 2023, and I am now thinking of just paying it due to this letter (£288) as it's from the courts and I figure I'm at the end of the road with this. Appealed a while back (was 10 mins over parking…
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Smart Parking, DCB Legal, LoC 2025
Hello, Just need a little guidance over what to do and what my first step should be. I am getting confused on land owners and sar... I received a letter from Debt Recovery Plus to say that I owe £170 or will be taken to court. LUCKILY, I read part 4 of the newbies post and haven't called them like I was initially intending…
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Parking fee returned and now I have a fine
I really should have come here sooner, but my situation seemed so simple. I parked in an NCP car park and paid the charge. However the machine did not issue a receipt. I was annoyed as I could have claimed the parking back, and as I stood by the machine two NCP staff drove in and asked if I was ok. I explained and was able…
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Debt recovery letter for airport drop off pcn
Hi, someone i know had a pcn from stansted airport drop off. They have ignored all the letters since and now are getting debt recovery letter. My question is should he wait for if they issue any court proceeding or contact the apcoa to let them know because of non pofa they can't transfer liability to keeper? Also what are…
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Private Parking (Space) Ticket
Hi all, newbie here and hoping to get a steer. As registered keeper I received a ticket on 7 days after the date on the letter. Car had been parked on a private parking bay and didn't realise. The charge reduced by 40% if 'paid in 14 days'. I assumed this to be from receipt of letter (so Fri 28th) and tried to pay…
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Help with confirming the next step? Civil Enforcement x 2 - Letter before action
Hello I wonder if anyone can offer any assistance? OVERVIEW: I have a small one director limited company. - I have 2 x "Parking Charge Notices" from Civil Enforcement Ltd - BPA member - for a van owned by my company. - These were both sent by post to an old address (previous registered office) - By the time I got the…
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Advice - DCBL - Bailiff Ltd and now Legal keep using wrong address
Hi MSE, Firstly thanks for an awsom set of threads on how to challenge the parking companies, its very useful as I gear up to challenge DCBL and CP Plus - however could use some advice I cant find on the forums Regarding addresses. My partner got a Parking Charge for using a carpark, but as they had forgotten to update the…
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Claim form from County Court Northampton.
Hi everyone, I'm looking for some help regarding an old PCN from the 08/03/2024. I was not driving the car at the time but I am the registered keeper. DCB Legal Ltd have now notified the County Court in Northampton that they now wish to make a claim against me for overstaying the free time allocated,during a visit to the…
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Smart Parking
I had mutli PCNs issued with total claims at £610, i paid for parking but they claim they recieved payment a day later, the money for the time ive parked is correct that was not even taken into consideration, they claim the PCN's were issued before payment was made. Which tbh is true i paid the day after because the app…
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Trolling/Taking down Moorside
Hi all Being proud of my thus far 100% success rate against these cretins I'm happy to expend some more time making the crooks at Moorside's lives that bit more difficult. Recently in receipt of this absolute howler of a 'Letter Before Action' - truly the pinnacle of low-effort mass automated mail-merge letters…
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Claim Issued (DCB Legal/Vehicle Control Service LTD)
Hi all - I've not made a post until this point having followed the stickied guide. Unfortunately a recent letter chain has now resulted in a claim being issued with a May 2nd issue date. (not related to my previous posts through the years - they have all fallen silent with no further updates). I'm just in the process of…
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Smart Parking 80 second overstay in ANPR car park
I've recently received a NtK for an alleged 80 second overstay in an ANPR controlled car park. Circumstances are that the driver was visiting managed offices and allegedly overstayed by 80 seconds (by the time stamps in the ANPR photos on the NtK - the parking charge doesn't mention the alleged times or overstay, just…
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Minster Baywatch
It has been a while since I last posted here. I'm helping my daughter with a PCN from Minster Baywatch at Grosvenor Casino Bolton. The on site pay app did not take the payment. Event occurred on 5th June. PCN dated 12th June but did not arrive until 28th June (Sneaky way to squeeze the appeal time me thinks). We are…
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Court Claim
I have a parking space included with my lease, and I own 100% of the flat. In April 2024, I changed my car and received two parking tickets from UKCPM on April 4 and 8. I didn’t appeal on time because my housing association needed to update UKCPM before I could do so. However, I mistakenly emailed UKCPM directly about the…
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Euro Parking Services/Gladstones Solicitors - Court Claim (Defence help required)
Hello, my dad received a claim form today and I'm just looking for a few pointers on building his defence. I'll include everything we have so far below. I've already acknowledged the MCOL, I just need to send them the defence. I have my own thread on these forums for my own PCN so I've got a decent idea of what I'm doing…
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NCP "Parking Charge to Keeper" letter
Hi folks, I've just received a Parking Charge to Keeper letter from the NCP. I parked my car in a car park in Derby and then went to pay. But there was no way to pay with cash or card - only using their app. I tried to download the app (as did my mum on her phone), but we couldn't as there was no signal at all. So we left…
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Appeal advice needed please-EuroCar Park PCN
Hi all I hope you are well, I am looking for advice and help on grounds to appeal. Recently at the weekends , I have been studying at a Tim Hortons in Gravesend UK with a friend for our upcoming accounting exams as I cannot study at home ( get too distracted haha) The Tim Hortons is in a retail park, operated by Euro Car…
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carflow / bpa - entered wrong hours
my partner recieved a pcn from car flow. approved operator - bpa / healthcare charter parking. she works across various hospitals in the region and sometimes uses these car parks. she was using a hire car at the time - the company have given car flow the details who have now directly sent across the pcn (unsure how…
