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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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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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'Template' defence suggestion - NB: ultimately, your choice of defence wording is your own
CLAIM FORM FROM A PARKING FIRM? THEY ARE VERY EASY TO DEFEND. NO RISK, NO CCJ IF YOU FOLLOW THE ADVICE IN FULL. PLEASE READ THIS POST FIRST TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE SOME OR ALL OF THIS SUGGESTED 'TEMPLATE' DEFENCE, THAT YOU THEN MAKE YOUR OWN. THIS FORUM DOES NOT PURPORT TO CONDUCT LITIGATION. YOUR FINAL DEFENCE THAT YOU…
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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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"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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Warning of transfer to solicitors
Hi, as you can see, I received the attached letter a few days ago, and recieved the attached email today. This is following ongoing letters for a parking ticket where I was not the driver, I have given them the drivers details but they are after me
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Parking ticket, unsure how to proceed
Good morning, I received this letter regarding a parking ticket I believe I disregarded, I cannot remember it as I believe I had the photos of the ticket on my old phone which is now broken Please can you advise me on how to proceed with this, do I respond to them via email? Or do I just ignore, thank you
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Time of alleged breach per the NtD differs on Notice to keeper.
As the title says, my Notice to Driver is states a time of 10:02 am and the Notice to Keeper states the alleged breach as 10:05 am. The alleged breach is for parking outside of a designated bay. I appreciate it is only 3 minutes, but does it help my appeal?
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Parking tickets sent to wrong address
Hi guys. I've been looking through the newbies thread, along with using the parking fines chatbot, but I am still having issues working out what my next step should be. This is the situation I am currently in: Back in December, I was about to go over the free parking allowance in an ASDA car park. When I went to pay for…
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East Midland Airport PCN VCS
First of all I am sorry if i should not of started a new thread but ihave read a few of the ones similar to this and everyones story is a different scenario. This is my car and I dropped my partner off at adjacent to the BP garage at EMA like I have done previously. The car would of stopped for 10/15 seconds but I guess…
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N180 – ELMS Legal & email/post
Hi all - long time lurker, first time poster. I’m currently at the N180 stage for a claim from Excel Parking, with ELMS Legal Ltd acting for them. I emailed my completed N180 to the CNBC at DQ.CNBC@justice.gov.uk. I got the automated response straight away, but nothing since- no actual confirmation of receipt. Is that…
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Please help
my mum received this letter over the weekend. I was the driver, she the registered keeper at the time of the incident and had completely forgotten about the initial letter. I wasn’t informed I had to put my reg into computer at the church (my child was attending a class there). It was very dark, poorly lit and I hadn’t…
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DCB legal - court papers
Received initial letter for a parking fine a couple years ago, for a day in December 2021. They said I illegally parked in a hospital car park and owe money. I was actually a nurse employed by the hospital at the time, and paid through my salary for the car parking. I have continuously ignored them until now when I have…
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Car plates cloned - PCNs received
My wife's car has had its VRN cloned onto another vehicle, and she has received 4 separate PCNs (including one from TfL for Blackwall tunnel), all within a few hours of each other on the same day, 1st April. The photos quite clearly show the car isn't hers because they are of a light silver/grey car, whereas hers is a dark…
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DCBL Unpaid Parking Charge - 3 YEARS LATE
I received a letter on Monday for an unpaid parking charge. The contravention was in 2023 and this is the first I have been made aware of the fine. I have been given 14 days to pay, but it took 10 days for the letter to arrive - so I have two days left. DCBL are chasing me on behalf of Euro Car Parks. The fine was: For a…
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DCB Legal ltd LoC (Smart Parking ) Angouleme way
Hi All, I disputed a PCN back in 2022 for keeper wasn't notified with 14 days which Smart parking replied say they did and they matter had been passed to Debt Recovery plus. I had never and still to this day don't any evidence of the offence. I know for a fact it wasn't me and evidence should show the sex of the driver is…
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Help - small claims regarding unfair parking ticket
I have received these forms today saying that they want to take me to small claims court. This parking ticket was given to me whilst I was a member of staff at a hospital for 2 years. Due to Covid we did not have to pay for parking and I never received another ticket for any other day, in the 2 years I worked there. I have…
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Parking advice
Hi all, I would be grateful for some advice on a private parking charge I have recently received. I signed up to a new gym and have been parking there while attending. At no point was I told by the gym that I could register my car on their system so that I would not need to obtain a parking permit each time. Because of…
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DCB LEGAL, PARKING EYE court claim, defended
I worked at a hospital trust from March 2020-April 2022 full time as a nurse. I have received ONE ticket during this time period. for 01/12/2021 to say that I did not pay for parking and have a fine etc for this date. This was a day that I was working from 07:30-20:00 so I appealed it and they said no. So being honest, I…
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Moorside legal first letter, no previous correspondence
Hello, So I've received a "letter before claim" from moorside legal on behalf of ukps. An invoice for £170 dated 16/4/26. Genuinely this is the first letter I've received, no previous correspondence from ukps. Problem is I have no idea where our when the PCN occurred. The only info I have is a moorside reference number, my…
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I'm scared about what will happen and what I should do?
Can anybody help me please? I have a disability and not much money. A few years ago I had a letter from dcbl (Direct Collection Baillis Ltd) to pay a fine of over £300, from a car park with free parking, but as I just ran in and out a shop, I didn't put in my details, and so it caused me a lot of depression and anxiety. I…
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Letter of Claim Moorside Legal?
Hi, hoping someone can advise. My son has had a Letter of Claim from Moorside Legal for £170.00 for National carparks Ltd. There isn't any information on the letter as to where the claim is from, date of the alleged offence etc. There has been no prior communication regarding a parking ticket and my son has no clue as to…
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Letter of Claim - DCB LEGAL (parking charge)
I have been sent a letter of claim from dcb legal on behalf of smart parking limited regarding an unpaid parking charge. I have never received or experienced anything like this and the date this occurred was 21st March 2023 so I also have zero memory of this therefore can’t dispute. Is this something I just go ahead and…
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Help and Advice Needed with Smart Parking PCN
Hi All. I have read through a lot of stuff on here but still haven't been able to come to a conclusion if I should try and fight a PCN. I probably have done the wrong thing by ignoring correspondence but now have received a CLAIM FORM for the alleged offence, prior to the Claim letter we got two letters from Debt Recovery…
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Parking Charge from Napier Parking
Oh good, another PCN! Well, I assume it is a PCN, it only actually says "Parking Charge", which is new to me. This charge was for staying a whole 10 minutes and 34 seconds in a car park that only shows signs for 24 hour parking charges. After seeing that, I left, but not before another vehicle prevented me from leaving. It…
