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HELP REQUIRED: Smart Parking - Court claim
Hi all, I received a PCN from Smart Parking Ltd on the 12th of Jan 2024. I appealed the claim, but did not get a response so I ignored further communications. I have now received a Court Claim and need some help on where to go from here. The details - I was taking my child to his swimming lesson. They had not long replaced…
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PCN - Total Parking Solutions - Left the site - B&Q Chiswick Hounslow
hi all appreciate any advice PCN received from the B&Q car park as stated. Vehicle did not exceed the 3 hour limit stated on the signage. Ive gone back to site to take clearer images of the enforcement notices - they do state you are not allowed to leave the site, I dont know how they can enforce this legally? Any advice…
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No Responses to Appeals - now have solicitors letter
parking notice issued by PCS. Appealed within timeframe, but passed onto Debt Recovery Plus. Appealed to DRP, who confirmed that thye had given the case back to PCS for them to respond; still np response. Solicitors letter received, appealed on grounds that PCS have not responded within timeframe and no further…
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DCB LEGAL RECORD OF PRIVATE PARKING COURT CLAIM DISCONTINUATIONS
A UKPC/DCB Legal pattern is now emerging, the same as the Highview/CP Plus/GroupNexus/DCB Legal pattern that has evidenced itself over the past few weeks. * Court claim issued * Defence completed * Hearing date given * Witness Statement deadline dictated by the court * Phone call from DCB Legal to defendant * Email to…
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PRE-LEGAL DEBT COLLECTION NOTICE
Hi all, Ive received two(!) pre-legal debt collection notice from ZZPS on behalf of Smart Parking. The “offences” were both in May 2023 (insufficient paid time). I paid via cash on both occasions on an ANPR car park. I followed advise to not pay at the time and as of now August / September 2025 I have received the two…
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Notice of Trial Date - UK Parking Control
hi, I’ve received a trial date. I resubmitted my defence (thank you to this forum for your expert help) as requested by judge Iyer in July 2025 and not heard anything since. Not sure what do or how to prepare for court. Help please? Attached is the first page of the Order. Personal details removed.
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PCN issued from our good friends CEL
Hello All Newbie to the forum so please bear with me. I am attempting to submit an appeal to the CEL website to fight a PCN issued last month. However the site is asking for my mobile number to be provided and its marked with a red asterisk which usually denotes its a mandatory field to be populated. I am in no way willing…
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Smart Parking DCB Legal defence-
Hello i received a claim form from smart parking limited through the court of Northampton: saying that i park in 2023: The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C) for a Parking Charge (PC) issued to vehicle at Brook Retail Park Hereford. 2. The date of contravention is 08/12/2023 and the D was issued with a PC by the…
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UKCPS PoFA received - behind Leeds Railway station
Hi, I have read the NEWBIE forum/posts and I am still unsure on how to appeal this, or if I even should! I received the below PoFA (NOT non-PoFA, which is confusing me based on reading other threads...) on 17/12 for stopping on the yellow lines behind Leeds Railway station/opposite the multi-storey on 10/12. They have 3…
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DCB Legal ECP claim 2026
Hello, This is the third letter I’ve had for this ‘offence’ which I cannot recall 3 years ago. Not sure why this has taken over a week to be delivered. This letter says it’s a letter of claim but also states that I should ‘deal with this as a matter of urgency to avoid a claim being made’…. Which one is it!?
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3 Year Old CANCELLED Parking Tickets
As I made a post on r/LegalAdviceUK, I am going to copy it over here and have deleted it there. Any changes made to the private information within the documents have been made BOLD. This is in England. 4 days ago, I received a letter from HM Courts & Tribunals Service contacting me "because someone claims you owe them…
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PCN from Euro Car Parks/DCB Legal
After almost a yera of harrassment from Euro Car Parks and then DCB Legal, they've filed a court case against me. I'm a member of the gym where the car was parked, and I stayed for 30 mins over the 3-hour limit. I did try to get the gym to squash it but they said it's a different company that deals with it so I never…
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DCB Legal Smart Parking Claim
Hello all Thanks to the advice on the forum I made a successful POPLA appeal against a Smart Parking NTK in 2021. Unfortunately friends who were with us had moved house and missed the deadline for the appeal. They notified Smart Parking of the change of address. This arrived the other day. The MCOL website would not…
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DCBL parking fine
Hi. Today I received a letter from DCBL, they claim I was parked in wickes on 03/03/26, that they previously wrote to me at a different address, but did not receive a response, so have traced my current address, and are now demanding I pay £170 charge. For one, I do not ever recall being at wickes on that date (though it’s…
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346 southgate park stansted cm24 1py Parking Charge
Hi, need help fast!! I apparently parked here for approximately 33 minutes- went to Starbucks. But the problem is that the original two letters they sent to me went to the wrong address. I only got the latest one, which says I am unable to appeal and is due within 14 days of the letter- so due by the 18 Feb 2026. This is a…
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PPS Fine Leeds- "Parking in No Parking"
Hey, Just making a note here of the PPS fine that I have for "parking in no parking zone". Lots of people park here constantly and using the Leeds Council site to check adopted vs non-adopted roads this seems to be a grey area for who owns the road and are allowed to fine given there are no yellow lines and the signage is…
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Horizon/Gladstones LBC — pretty sure the 10-min rule doesn't apply to my visit?
Hi all, first time posting, could really do with some fresh eyes on this. March 2025 — parked at a Tesco car park for 31 minutes while using the EV chargers. Horizon issued a PCN for breaching the 10-minute maximum stay. Appealed to Horizon — rejected. POPLA — rejected. Now at Letter Before Claim stage from Gladstones for…
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Letter Before Claim - UPE
Hi all, I'm looking for some guidance on a Letter Before Claim received by a relative that they have asked me to assist with. It pertains to a location which has had quite a few threads on but none seem to have gone as far as a LBC. They received a windscreen PCN, time 19:33, claiming driver or passenger left the site. I…
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G24 PCN 2019
21/10/19 - date of alleged parking contravention claimed by G24 - "not displaying visitor permit on private parking land". I have no recollection of receiving a PCN. 26/11/24 - first correspondence received was a final demand letter from DCBL Ltd for £170, which was ignored because I genuinely thought it was a mistake.…
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claim from Euro car park , HM court claiming £170
I have received a claim form from the Euro car park (DCB Legal) I have paid my parking , but could not enter my registration properly back in July 2024 as the machine would not allow me to enter my car reg properly. Despite several appeal explaining and sending my bank statement and a copy of the ticket , but they still…
