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Unpaid parking fine
We received a letter from Defence system ltd saying we owed £170 parking fine for an offence in Dec2020. We replied saying we knew nothing about it what was it regarding so they sent info of the offence and told us we had ignored 4 previous letter. I can assure you we didnt and received no such letters. Even so my husband…
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Question on POPLA 'Why are you appealing your parking charge?'
All, Just wondering how to submit my POPLA, should I choose 'Other' in the 'Why are you appealing your parking charge?' section if I am contesting the charge on multiple different grounds or 'I was not improperly parked' which is my probably my main defence. I am tempted to go with 'Other'
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DCBL / UK Parking Control
A similar tale to others I suspect. I am now at stage where DCBL have emailed me to confirm. "Having reviewed the content of your defence, we write to inform you that our client intends to proceed with the claim". This is as result of me submitting (just under 28 days ago) an online defence via moneyclaim.gov.uk Background…
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I submitted my own defence before finding this online forum. Should I agree to mediate?
Please offer any help if possible. I received a ticket in a free retail car park for parking 'outside their bays'. This was on Christmas eve 2018. I ignorred all letters to date (went from one collection agency to another - those that got opened - most gets filed as junk), and entered into no communicaton with these…
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VCS claim
I have received a claim from VCS county court business centre NN1 requesting £282 issued 16th August for a parking fine in 2016 that I ignored. Should I pay as I don’t have a clue how to appeal?
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POPLA Appeal lost Parking Eye
Hi, Lost an appeal for Parking eye at POPLA stage for a 13 min overstay in a free car park. I have tried to get it cancelled many times by the landowner but to no avail. Issue is I didn't get any emails from Popla during the appeals stage and so I had assumed I was successful (I know silly). This morning I woke up trying…
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BPA Continuing to Whinge about Reduced Parking Charge Levels
Latest throwing of toys out of pram, from the BPA website: https://www.britishparking-media.co.uk/news/proposed-cap-on-pcns-for-parking-on-private-land-a-real-concern-says-bpa This is the same BPA who, in the leadup to POFA 2012, told the Government that the number of parking-related court claims was 'between 2% and 5% of…
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TPS - free car park £85 charge
I'm so sorry, I've trawled for hours and can't find the answer I need. So we read the sign which wasn't clear we needed a ticket and since we've never ever had to display a ticket for the free parking we didn't expect we had to this time. The sign in entering says nothing but see the signs, by this time you're on their…
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Letter of claim over historic parking charge
Hi, I've been reading through the 'Newbies Private Parking Ticket' posts - I have taken some of the early steps advised and I'm just wondering what I do now? I received no response from the land owner, on 12 August I received an acknowledgement from DCB Legal that they have put my case on hold for 30 days and today I…
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Family member received NTK/PCN from Civil Enforcement
Hi a family member received a PCN (NTK ) from Civil
Enforcement for parking at Marshalls Yard in Gainsborough with the term “Payment
must be made in accordance with the terms on the signs”, they forgot to purchase
a ticket (50p). Before I found this forum I appealed for cancellation of the
charge under POFA as the alleged…
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PCN from BPA UKPC
Hi, I have a PCN from UKPC and need to write a strong case to popla in the next two days in order to get it cancelled. The charge is only £60 and I'm very tempted to pay it in order to avoid the hassle of writing a 26 page document in a night. The details are: * I was parked for under two hours in a retail park after it…
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Family member received Postal Parking Charge and did not appeal.
Hi All, A family member received a postal parking charge letter from National Parking Enforcement and did not appeal. He has now received debt collectors letter which I told him he should ignore as per the recommendations. As he did not appeal the initial letter could this affect his case? Many thanks in advance.
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DCBL Letter- first heard about charge- Town Quay- Southampton- advice
Hello all, I should start my saying, I'm writing on behalf of my partner who has received this letter and I'm trying to help get it sorted as partner is understandably very stressed to return from hols and receive this letter for a PCN that was issued supposedly over 17 months ago (but this is the first we hear of it).…
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N244 help, not straight forward case
Good morning, this may be a long winded post, but if anyone can help please I would be so appreciative Bailiffs arrived at my door in June, stating that I owed £2000 for a ccj/ parking fines from vcs some 4 years ago. In the moment I panicked, and my nana loaned me the money to pay them off. I today received confirmation…
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BW Legal - County Court considers determination without hearing
Hello, I just received a letter from the court that they consider to determine the case based on papers without hearing the parties, if I understood that well (see the attachment). If the determination is without hearing, will I have still a chance to deliver my Witness Statement? I do afraid that the court may have not…
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Claim Form - Help required with defence. .
Hello one and all. First off thank you for producing such a informative thread, I have read many of them which have helped me thus far. Briefly The PCN was issued back in September 2019 for the infamous phantom supposed car park in Lewes, EastGate Wharf. Chelostar (another MSE used ) and I share an almost identical…
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POPLA Appeal against Premier Park at Kilve Beach
Hello, Following a PCN from Premier Park for a parking event at Kilve Beach on 3 July 2021, I appealed citing a failure to comply with the requirements of Schedule 4 of The Protection Of Freedoms Act 2012 section 9 (2) (e). I have now received a further response from them rejecting my appeal and providing a POPLA code, so…
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Parking eye parking charge notice
I have just received a parking charge notice for a Parking Eye car park. I was captured on ANPR leaving the car park 1hr 10mins and 12 seconds later. I purchased a ticket for 1 hr which I still have and shows the ticket was purchased 7 mins after entering (parking and queuing for ticket time). I therefore left the car park…
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CPM Formal Demand
Hi all, Thank you for the very useful information, particularly in the stickies. I went through all the information and have a good understanding of the appeal process, however, I feel that my circumstance is slightly different and wanted to ask for some advice, please. It seems that unclear signage, together with…
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Gladstone Text Message
Hello, I have received a text message from Gladstones solicitors saying the below; Due: £160 You have not responded to our Pre-Action letter. Please Visit XXX or Call 01565 755088 to avoid court action. Quote Ref: XXXX After some googling I found the company while a sham outfit are indeed real. I have never received a…