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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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DCB Legal court claim – residential permit holder / authorised carer
Hi all, I’d be grateful for some guidance please as my case has now reached the county court claim stage and I want to be sure my defence is sound. This is a residential permit parking case. I was parked near Address X, where my elderly father lived (he passed away a couple of months after this fiasco started), and I was…
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DCB Legal Claim Form Defence Help Needed Please
Hi, I am hoping to get some help with my claim form defence. I have followed everything I could find on the threads up to this point. Situation: Parked in a car park whilst using the gym one has used for years and all of a sudden there is a restriction. I was not aware I had to register my car details in the gym as I would…
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UKCPM, B W LEGAL moneyclaim 2025
Hello everyone, I hope you are well. Thank you very much for all the helpful contributions here. Unfortunately for me I did not find this previous to my appeal so went through that malarkey! This is my first time posting here and I have a couple of problems, please may I have your wise advice! First: The parking permit…
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Parking Charge Notice - UKPS at Coventry Rugby Club Butts Arena
I am new to this Forum. As the registered keeper I have received a Parking Charge Notice from UKPS at the Coventry Rugby Club Butts Arena in Coventry. The notice shows the Vehicle entering the car park and leaving within approx. 9 minutes. I have been reading some of the advice on the Newbie Thread and appreciate there is…
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P4Parking PCN private residential
Hey gurus. Had a friend visitor park in development residential parking in a white lined disabled bay, they had blue badge on dashboard. PCN says no valid ticket. Bare with me, they are abit nervy when it comes to these things but im trying to reassure them to trust the process! Since p4parking say they are BPA registered…
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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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Group thread: Heathrow Gatwick Manchester & other Airport drop-off PCNs - easy: how to appeal & win
DO NOT PAY ANY OF THE PARKING COMPANIES ISSUING DROP-OFF PCNs. Advice will change as & when the Government introduce the new statutory Code of Practice and new Appeals Service. And when the companies concerned finally learn (after statutory regulation forces them) how to treat consumers fairly and put up clear signs.…
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Notice of Proposed Allocation to small claims court from BW Legal on behalf of UK Parking Patrol Ltd
Summary of the case: I received a parking charge back in Jan 2025 for parking in a retail car park and not paying (even though I visited once of the stores and purchased some goods). I ignored the threatening letters from BW Legal for over a year. In February 2026 I received a Court Claim Form from BW Legal on behalf of UK…
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Parking Eye Charge in Redditch
Hi, I have a question regarding the legality of a parking charge when the address given by Parking Eye and within their app is for a completely different town? The car park location ID is registered as 802524 on the signs at the site in Redditch, but the location is listed as Slideshow Drive in Bromsgrove about 10 miles…
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Parking Eye Appeal
Hi all, The registered keeper received a PCN for a hopsital parking issue. An appeal was put in only referring to the driver and today received the attached response asking to name the driver. They havent reviewed the appeal content this is the forst request. Any advice on how to respond. Thank you
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Struck out!
Just had a letter to say the claim against me has been stuck out due to the defendant Euro Car Parks Limited not paying the hearing fee. I received about 4 different claims all around the same time and was having a bit of a nuro-d melt down at the time due to it. I nearly caved in and set up payment plans. But thanks to…
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Poor DVLA records causing problems - for parking companies.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/23/ghost-owners-uk-vehicles-in-use-without-proper-records-dvla This article in the Guardian reports that the DVLA do not have records of the owners (surely they mean keepers, but never mind) of thousands of vehicles, which means that “speeding, hit and runs and worse” are going…
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Parking Charge Notice ( PCN ) for Heathrow Hilton Garden Inn terminal 2 (t2) from EURO CAR PARKS
Hello guys Im working as a private hire driver, a while ago I've dropped customers at Hilton Garden Inn terminal 2 and for my surprise I've received a PCN ticket. Now I remember I've dropped customers long time ago there and had no problems before and I'm also opted in for the automatic drop-off payments system for…
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Parking management company introduced
Hi all, New to the forum looking for some urgent help. I am owner of a leasehold flat with around 20 other properties on the development. Last week I received a letter informing me that Sippi will be introduced as parking management in May. I have read up on how disastrous this will be as a day-to-day resident but also as…
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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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Dealing with unresonable parking charge
I'm looking for advice about a parking charge I got from Smart Parking in Inverness recently. There is a lot of discussion about the behaviour of this company at this car park on the MSE forums but most of it is 10 years old. The charge seems unreasonable but the treat of debt collectors, escalting costs etc. is worrying…
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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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UK Parking LTD keeper appeal deleted – Castle Car Park Windsor
Hi all, Could I get a quick sense check on an issue with an IPC operator (UK Parking Ltd – Castle Car Park Windsor, CASTLE 004)? I’ve read the MSE Newbies thread (after the timeline before unfortunately) , so I’m not looking to jump straight into IAS arguments, just trying to understand whether the process here has gone…
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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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Ocean Parking - Manchester Metrolink - Parked after operation hours
Hello, I received a private PCN operating for manchester metrolink after not realising I'm not supposed to leave my car in the car park (sale station) after operation hours (whoops). I've read the newbie post and this post where from the same company the appeal was successful: I'm very new to any kind of appealing parking…
