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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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Parking stories in the News/media
To save adding to a post about something else it might be worth having a seperate thread for parking stories in the media Kicking it off is this on the BBC news site "Drivers fined as Durham car park camera 'misses them leaving' yep, its the good old double dip again, full story on the BBC here…
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Excel Parking - 13 minute overstay charge St Marks Lincoln
A little help here please. 2 hours parking was paid and displayed in advance and a NTK charge was sent for what I assume is an inaccurate accused overstay of 13 mins. I know that by law there needs to be a leeway of 10 mins, which I think is more accurate than the 13 mins accused. The parking is a strange one. You enter a…
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North Greenwich blue badge car park
Hi all, I’ve read the NEWBIES thread and would really appreciate some advice on my situation. PCN details: Issued by Saba Park Services UK Limited Location: North Greenwich (near The O2) Date of issue: 29/10/2025 Reason: “Failing to fully display a valid Blue Badge in a Blue Badge reserved area” This was a windscreen…
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Ocean Parking Whitefield Metrolink
Just contributing to the threads on here regarding Ocean Parking and Metrolink car parks, particularly people caught out by the No Overnight Parking rule. I'm helping an acquaintance who received a PCN Feb 2025 as the car had been left in the free car park at Whitefield due to the driver missing the last tram home. After…
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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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N1SDT Court Claim from ParkingEye - Incorrect Address on MCOL
Hi all, I am aware that we shouldn't fill up the forum with cases, but I thought I'd make a post as I have searched the forum and can't find anything specific to my case and need to know ASAP what move to make. I received a ticket from ParkingEye a year or so ago for parking in a local carpark after hours. I was in the…
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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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PCN (CEL) Small Claims Hearing Claimant Has Not Paid Court Fee But Claim Not Struck Out
Hello all, Last year I managed to get a CCJ removed when I attended court to challenge a PCN issued by CEL. The new claim about parking is due to be heard on 27 April. I just called the central Court Office phone line. They told me that CEO have not paid the fee which was due by the 30th of March. However, the claim has…
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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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Old Parking Charge that I didn't know about
I received a letter yesterday, and it seems it's a County Court Claim, for an unpaid Parking Fine. Now this is the first I have heard about this, and received no letters from the company in question. The company is Parkingeye Ltd. If I had received the initial fine, I would have paid it straight away. I'm guessing the…
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DCB Legal defended claim - Euro Car Parks
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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DCB legal fine.
Hi all, thanks in advance for any help. I recently recieved a letter of claim for £170 parking in 2021. This was the first i had heard of it. The car was registered to the same address from 2020 to 2025. It was a standard letter of claim that has been posted om these forums before. I sent them the below. (Minus identifying…
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MCOL for parking charges 5 years ago
Hi All I have just acknowledged a MCOL for 2 parking charges a week apart in July 2020, claimant (Smart Parking Limited) reason unauthorized parking. i do not recall receiving any letters until just recently i had one from dcbl and now the claim bearing in mind it was the covid era where postal service was hit and miss so…
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Has Anyone ever actually had dcb legal turn up to court
Has Anyone ever actually had dcb legal turn up to court for one of there usual scatter gun, over inflated try it on for single ticket parking cases Iv had they usual crap defense was done/used from here, Had mediation. told em there getting nothing. trial date set have not had the usual begging letters before court. not…
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2x CCJs by Group nexus/CP-Plus through DCB legal LTD Pls help
Hi all, I'm new here, please do apologise if this is in the wrong area. I was going through my credit file today and I realised I got 2 CCJs which are worth 501£ and 1621£ lasting from. These are related to group nexus from my Gym parking lot. I never received these tickets infarct my gym has free parking as long as the…
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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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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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2023 parking fine, was unloading equipment into a venue
Hi all, I have read and read numerous threads in here now. And I’m still uncertain which approach is best to compile my defence. I have never received a parking ‘fine’ or anything for this event other than threatening letters from DCBL then DCBL Legal. At the time of the event I was not parked up I was unloading equipment…
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Court Claim Form from BW Legal on behalf of Britannia parking
Hi All When googling for some information on my case I just found this great forum where many cases been solved successfully thanks of all of you guys, so I would really seek for advice on my case. As on title, I have received the Court Claim Form with issue date 18/02/2026 from BW Legal on behalf of Britannia Parking that…
