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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…
Template defence to adapt for all parking cases with added 'admin/DRA' costs - edited in 2024
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 FROM THOSE OF US THAT HELP VICTIMS OF HUNDREDS OF PARKING…
"A safe and friendly community"
Hi all, Unfortunately it's come to the team's attention that there's been an uptick in needlessly confrontational and provocative posting on the board recently. I'm not going to retread all the ground covered in a previous thread, but the conduct we've been seeing warrants a new intervention. Firstly, MSE's ethos is…
**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…
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…
Unfriendly behaviour on the board
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…
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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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…
SMART PARKING: PC Advice
Hello, I’ve received a PCN from Smart Parking after my daughter’s swimming lesson at on 10/05/25. where we visit weekly and need to key the reg on entry to the pool. We have a signed parking permit for the site for the date/time in question which I sent to SMART Parking as part of the appeal, they have responded to say…
ECP DCB Legal court claim 2025
Hi all sorry for another thread on this but it’s my turn to receive the court letter . I was meeting a mate in Manchester and this was nearest car park to hotel but as I pulled in my mate text me to tell me not to park here as car will get smashed. I checked online to check reviews and he was correct. Endless amount of bad…
Why is this APCOA NTK not POFA compliant?
I received this NTK. I'm planning to appeal tomorrow morning on the basis that 1) wording is not POFA complaint (please help me understand why. So far I think it's because it doesn't say POFA on the notice maybe I'm crazy. Everywhere I've seen people say that apcoa postal NTK are never POFA compliant, pls explain). 2)…
Parking Code evidence - pictures of signs with £50, £60 or £70 PCN and no £ DRA fee on the sign
This thread started life as a discussion about the DLUHC's Call for Evidence but EDITED MAY 2025: Let's kick this off again in 2025 as evidence for the 'new' MHCLG. I'm looking for: - signs where the PCN is £50/£60/£70 - signs that don't quantify the DRA fee as a stated sum in large lettering. If you take photos yourself,…
Appeal help please
Hi , I've tried to read though everything but my brains overloaded so any help would be appreciated 🙂. I got a parking ticket in my partners car , for over saying by 37 minutes. (Total stay 3hr 37) I paid £3.30 which was the exact price for 4 hours (so I thought ) . I hadn't realised there was 2 sets of prices based on…
POPLA appeal St Michael’s Retail Park Basingstoke
I am preparing a POPLA appeal against an alleged overstay in the 30 minute car park brought by Premier Park. I have obtained the Title Deed from the Land Registry Portal & the land is now owned by Glasgow City Council, which I think may place this outside the umbrella of POFA 2012, but I find the wording of paragraph 3 of…
What do I do? Email following passing over of driver details
Passed drivers details over, yet apparently I went over the 28 days, what do I do? This was following a ntk and a couple of the usual warnings
Default CCJ having moved address
Having moved address over a year ago, promptly updating my drivers licence and having a postal re-direct on, I have just received a letter from DCBL stating Notice of debt recovery, you have a unpaid CCJ... the claimants being Civil Enforcement Limited. It's over a month old, and this is the first letter I have received,…
Ukpc popla appeal - Insufficient and unclear signage
Hey guys, So I followed the newbie thread, and am now at popla stage with UKPC. My case is very much like this one, https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5431088/ukpc-popla-appeal , apart from it happened during the day instead. I never received a NTK either. I will appeal using the relevant points from the above…
Money claim letter issued - what next?!
Hi all, Claim was issued by Euro Car Parks on 20/11/2024, I completed acknowledgement of service on 01/12/2024 and sent in my defence via email (to the ClaimResponses email address) on 11/12/2024 and received an auto-reply so they definitely received it. Today I've received a letter to say that a money claim has been made…
Another ParkingEye unfair "fine"
Hello all, Just one to put my mind at ease here. I have read most of the guides and some threads similar to mine but I just want to make sure I am doing the right thing here. In November, I was issued a PCN by ParkingEye for not paying a praking fee on a gym car park that is also shared with a hospital. I usually pay my…
Another out of the blue CCJ from DCBL.
Just received an out of the blue CCJ letter from DCBL without any prior contact or letters. Checked credit file and indeed there is now a CCJ... Read through the newbies thread, and hopefully have started this the right way... Contacted CNBC yesterday at 8:30am on the dot and managed to get straight through. I was told it…
7 consecutive parking tickets
Hi, so my dad had to park outside my brother's flat who is disabled and he was displaying the blue badge, this was due to him(brother) having a espoid of severe bad mental health. He parked there for 7 consecutive nights, around two weeks later my dad received 7 parking tickets from UKPC. photos of the car included and…
Empira ltd
I have received a text from empira.. the sum is around £280. I just wanted to know if I pay will the ccj be removed or do will I need to send a form ?
REVIVING THE PRIVATE PARKING BILL
Progress by DLUHC on the Private Parking Code of Practice has been abysmal and is now at a complete standstill until after the General Election. BPA & IPC continue to thwart the will of Parliament, most recently by publishing their homebrew Code which ignores all of the main "teeth" that the 'proper' Code should contain.…
Euro Car Parks - DCB Legal LTD - Court Claim 2025
Hi Apologies for starting a new thread . Just looking for some advice . I have received a letter from the above which is a pre legal advice note ( Terminal Notice - Pre legal action ) , What would be the best way for me to handle this - They are wanting £170 from me for parking in Morissons car park ? Any advice given much…
Parking Letter of Claim...from 2020.
My girlfriend is out of the country and has asked me to look into this. She received some Trace Debt Recovery letters about an Alliance Parking charge from 2020 (yes...) earlier this year. She was completely unaware, having had no ticket on the windscreen, no letters from Alliance Parking and was unlikely to even have been…
Claim form received from unpaid euro car parks/dcb legal fine
Hi all, I’m looking for advice. I received a claim form from an unpaid euro car parks/dcb legal payment that dates back to 2022. I’ve logged onto MCOL and authorised it, so I should have received the full 28 days to file a defence or settle. Back in 2022 I overstayed in the car park by several hours as I was incorrectly…
Court of Appeal - Appeal - allowed vs VCS - Well done Jackson Yamba!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jacksonyamba_uk-judiciary-activity-7300556422017081347-AAkq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADlGaOcBG_wnNMofi6c4aEimuZM_otv0Ffo @ Jackon Yamba Representing a Landmark Case: Vehicle Control Services Ltd v Carr (CA-2024-001179) I’m honored to share that I’ll be representing a…
6 tickets issued in 8 days - is there a Data Protection issue?
I moved into a new property 13th November. The bay the exiting tenant used was not reallocated and I used it while moving stuff into the house. On 21st November there was a windscreen sticker, I wrote to the landowner (my landlord) to ask to have it cancelled, as a new tenant I have applied for a permit but not been given…

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