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Euro/Sainsburys Car Park Fine
Hi, Hope this is ok to post here as I’m still fairly new to the forum! This is problaby going to be a "you need to pay this" but thought it was worth asking! Parked in a Sainsbury's car park recently in my WAV and assumed ( wrongly) that it was a 3 hour free parking! We walked into the local town and while there my…
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Double dip parking fine Euro Car Parks
Hi, I hope I am OK to post, I am a newbie! I have tried to read through all the threads I can on this but have just ended up getting myself confused. I received my first parking fine through the post for allegedly parking at Sainsburys in London Colney for nearly 12 hours. We were actually on the way up to the Midlands…
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PCN CP Plus Limited - POPLA Appeal rejected
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could give me some guidance/help. I received a PCN through the post on 22nd August for apparently failing to pay for parking on a retail park on 9th August. The PCN was for the sum of £100 or £50 if paid within 14 days. I recall the day I parked there an I did pay for parking on the day. I…
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ParkingEye Warrington central station - Under free 20 minutes
Evening all, Just after some advice as I have recevied a County Court claim from ParkingEye. The event was at Central Station, Warrington Arrived: 10:41 Departed: 10:52 Duration: 11 minutes There are signs outside the car park stating rail users get 20 minutes free parking. Nowhere does it state you need a ticket to claim…
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Euro car parks - Notice to Keeper
Hi All I received a Parking Charge Notice today from Euro Car Parts and its demanding me to pay discounted rate of £50.00 if paid within 14 days. After this date, the full parking charge amount will be owed. The incident happened on 24th October when we went out for a meal at this restaurant and parked at the opposite…
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County Court Papers - Local Parking Security LTD/Gladstones
Hi We have today received county court papers issued 11th Nov 2019. We parked at a retail park on 16/09/18, we were less than 2 hours but when we returned to the car we had a ticket, we ignored and explained when contacted by phone each time that we did not stay longer that the 2 hours specified. The papers received today…
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Premier Parking ltd. & POPLA stage, how to go about writing about a VOID contract?
Good evening, I have spent the last couple months reading the forum about all the ways these companies scam you out of your money. Unfortunately for me, I was issued one of these private charge notices around August time. I appealed under the keeper liability grounds however as of today, 14th November 2019, my appeal was…
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Scotland parking fine
Hello I just received a letter before claim from Gladstone’s solicitors for a parking fine that’s increased to £160. I live in Scotland and have never contacted them or parking lots (the original company) and wasn’t the actual driver at the time. What’s the best thing for me to do. Pay the fine? Or ignore completely? I…
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Incorrect registration but fee paid
Hi I parked in a car park that I use every week and pay by phone one day I used my father's car due to mine breaking down and paid remembering to amend the req number but when I used my vehicle the next time I paid by phone again but forgot to change back to my registration but I got confirmation of payment. I then got a…
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Court Claim Received from Excel Parking
Hello :) Thank you for providing the very helpful newbie thread, and apologies if i've misread the instructions, but as i've received an official court claim, it was instructed to create a new thread. Background of situation: Basically, went to buy a BBQ in argos in July, and went to a neighbouring town that i barely…
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notice of rejection after over 56 days
Hi I've seen quite a few posts online about this but still non the wiser (could be because I have worked through lunch today). I had a PCN issued a while back, for which I have sent an email appeal (yes a bit unusual but that was the appeal process) at 16:13 on September 13th. I later followed that with another email on…
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Letter Before Claim - received from Excel Parking
I have received a Letter Before Claim from Excel Parking. Dated 7/11/19 and I only received it 13/11/2019. The letter is from Excel Parking directly themselves and not another legal firm. I originally asked for assistance 12/07/2016 (the thread is now closed but copy/pasted the wording below) and the actually “parking…
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Consumer Rights and Pre-Paid Parking
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows if the 14 day cooling off period applies to pre-paid parking. I have paid for parking which I no longer need. I paid for it yesterday (13 Nov 2019) and it's not to be used till Saturday (16 Nov 2019). The company are refusing to refund me the money due to their Ts&Cs. I'm hoping that I can…
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Needing help on disabled blue badge
I know this is probably a really stupid question but is there a way of telling if a blue badge is still in date or whether its an old one? Here's the story. My parents have just returned home from our local town center and have had a parking fine. The reason its stating is "Parking in a designated disabled persons parking…
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PCN appealed - then found MSE! Am I too late?
Hi, Wow there sure is a lot of info on this forum! Wish I'd read it FIRST! I received a PCN from Gemini Parking solutions (BPA approved). My valid ticket had fallen off the dashboard. I immediately appealed and sent them a picture of the ticket naively thinking they would cancel the PCN. The ticket did not contain car…
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Parking Fine - Entered last 3 digits Only
Hi Hope someone can help or guide me. I received a PCN from Britannia Parking for £100. I had overlooked the instructions at the pay machine and only entered the last 3 digits of my vehicle reg. The PCN says contravention 'Failed to make a Valid payment.' How can a payment be INVALID? A payment is a payment, they've had my…
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Registered Keeper ?
Is there any advantage in a defence ( court claim) refusing to admit if he was the driver, rather than the registered keeper if he is reliant and has proof of inadequate signage? Thanks
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Received Notice of Proposal Allocation to the Small Claims Track by VCS Ltd
Duplicate thread - please ignore
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Defence for Excel Parking claim
Hi there Apologies, I have tried to find other threads but not sure which are appropriate for me.. In July, I parked in a car park without displaying a visible ticket (I genuinely didn't realise it was a pay and display, was struggling with three ill children) and low and behold i received a fine. Stupidly, after googling,…
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Sudden renewal of interest after two years
Hello I appealed a ticket in April 2017 from a private car park as we had purchased a ticket but it had come off the dashboard. It was a ticket with the cars reg number in it and was perfectly valid. They rejected the appeal and said it was a penalty offence as it should have been displayed. I started to ignore them after…
