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Parking tickets, fines & parking

Archives for May 2014

Excel Parking Fine Round 2
Hi I am in the throws of defending against a car parking fine from Excel, I have sent off the first standard letter as below: Dear Excel Parking PCN number XXXXXXXX As the registered keeper, I have received your parking invoice which of course, I decline your invitation to pay. I wish to invoke your appeals process, since…
Popla appeal help needed!!
I have received a letter informing me that my appeal against a PCN has been turned down. I have already submitted an appeal to POPLA. My dispute is that I did pay the correct amount for parking in the Albert Street car park in Birmingham town centre at the correct time, and typed in my registration as requested. The ticket…
ANPR Ltd
Hey guys, Just received a rejection letter from ANPR ltd, after sending them the standard template letter. Am I safe to assume that I now request a POPLA code from them, even though I already asked for one? Thanks
PCN query
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Hemel Sportspace PCN
Hi, I've been unlucky enough to receive a PCN for my company car from parking at my Gym - Hemel Hempstead Sportspace - at the end of March. It was sent directly to the H/Office of my employer. I am a fully paid up member of the gym and have been for years. They introduced a new system last year that requires the driver to…
UKPC POPLA Appeal help appreciated
Hi all, I'm looking for some help..... and yes I'm a NEWBIE. I've been reading some of the threads already posted and wish I'd thought about this earlier. However I'm already at the POPLA Appeal stage and think I may have made some mistakes. Would a standard appeal still work for me? Here's the background details: Stay…
More Lies from ANPR Ltd
Yes thats right lies, ie misleading/untruths. What ever you want to call. Trev seems to live in a world of his own when it comes to the legal process. Can you spot them?
Received PCN today
Hi all , I'm new to the thread so plz go easy on me . Today I received a PCN for £60 from VCS for stopping for 5 minutes while my disabled father seen to an emergency medical situation with his colostomy bag . I , as the driver never left the vehicle and my fathers blue disabled badge was on show . I seen the officer pull…
UKCPS Fine
Hello everyone I have received a fine for overstaying in a retail park parking. I have received the letter by post asking to pay an amount of £60 and the appeal can only be done by post and not email. Having challenged several unlawful tickets (that I ultimately won) I feel that this is unlawful as well (the main reason…
UKPC DRP Debt Recovery letters even after the PPC has been cancelled by Land owner
Firstly Apologies for starting a new thread, but I'm after specific advise that I could not gather from other posts- Scammer - UKPC Location - Leisure Park with FREE PARKING False accusation - Vehicle owner/driver left site (issued within around 10 mins of parking) Proof - Receipts of purchases from a few shops in the park…
Lidl/Athena ANPR Appeal: POPLA stage
Hi guys, I was wondering if someone here could please help me finalise my POPLA appeal and make sure it looks ok before I send it. I got a NTK from Athena ANPR for overstaying in a Lidl car park (by 12 minutes, damnit). I read around the forum and I used the template appeal that is found on the newbie sticky and emailed…
UKPC Parking Charge - a little advice please!
I am a community care worker and received a parking charge on my windscreen last month from UKPC whilst parked in a housing association car park visiting a disabled client. I have used this housing association car park occasionally for the last three years with a car permit given to me by the client without any problems. I…
Parking Eye Claim form received due to exceeding time in free car park
I am new to this site so I apologise in advance if I miss any information ect. I will proceed to explain my circumstances: I visited my sister for a birthday meal and parked in a retail park on Manchester Rd, Manchester. I was not familiar with the terms of the parking as I have not visited this area but followed other…
Parking Eye and overseas victims
They got my address from the car hire company, though it's not accurate. I'm a citizen of a non European, non Commonwealth country and I don't live in the UK. Can I safely ignore any letters they send me? Or can/will Parking Eye pursue me in a British court?
Parking Eye Crown Wharf Walsall fine do I appeal or ignore
Was visiting my partner in Walsall and went shopping on the weekend, we were not familiar with the parking rules/area, didn't realise we needed a ticket and received a PCN from Parking Eye yesterday I suspect we may receive another fine as we visited Crown Wharf twice on the weekend! :( Having read a few posts on MSM what…
Euro Car Parks & Sainsbury's -PCN
Dear All, Firstly thank you very much for reading this. I am a newbie and I think I have followed some bad/out of date advice regarding non-payment of a PCN issued by Euro Car Parks. It was issued in Sainsburys Ladbroke Grove, London As it happens, I have two tickets with in weeks of each other. I have ignored payment…
Capital2Coast - IPC / IAS appeal help
Hello, Having read the sticky threads I think I am at the point where I need to post to gain the wealth of knowledge this forum seems to hold. If i've missed something my apologies. In February 2014 a windscreen "Fixed Charge Notice" was placed onto the vehicle involved by Captial2Coast Parking Management. The vehicle was…
Bury Moorgate - I'm losing my nerve, could you please advise me?
Hello, After doing my research about how to tackle this (including reading a court report where UKPC lost the case) I exchanged a few emails with UKPC. They are refusing to budge and I am losing my nerve. I have just received a letter from them offering a reduced payment of £128.00 if received before 06/06/14. If I do not…
Another Park Direct UK victim
Hii Guys First of all a big thanks to all of you guys for helping people fight against private parking companies fraud. I have also been victim of Park Direct UK. As I was not aware of this forum so I submitted an appeal to Park Direct UK Ltd based on mitigating circumstances and guess what I lost. I now want to take it to…
Disabled Parking
Hi I am a disabled driver who parked in a cinema and food complex in cardiff, I parked in a disabled bay knowing that the date on the badge had expired, I had however applied for my new badge , in the meantime I displayed the out of date badge thinking that if an attendant looked at the vehicle and the badge was out of…

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