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Parking tickets, fines & parking

Archives for March 2022

Private parking company chasing me after three years
Hello. I have received a Letter Before Claim from a solicitor pursuing me for a fine issued three years ago. At the time my appeal was rejected. I have since disposed of all correspondence and evidence. Is it legal to demand payment plus costs after all this time?
Parking Fine From almost 5 years ago
Hi, Firstly, apologies if this in posted in the incorrect area of this help forum. Back in 2017 I received parking fine from a private car park company Defense Systems Ltd T/a Parkworld. The "offence" happened on the 10/06/2017. I overstayed parking if I remember At the time I was simply going to pay the fine but my friend…
Milton Keynes railway advice
Hi. Friend of mine for a ticket parking at Milton Keynes. They used the trackside carpark but unfortunately they bought ticket for wrong car(2card stored in the app). Does anyone know if this is railway land and hence subject to byelaws? The multistory just opposite definitely is but this is relatively new carpark Thanks…
County Court Claim - Highview Parking
I have received a CC claim form today for allegedly contravening parking in July 2020. The vehicle registration they have quoted (a personalised registration plate) does not belong to me nor have I ever owned or been the registered keeper of vehicle. I have , as directed on the claim form, used mcol to respond and fully…
FINAL WARNING
Apologies if incorrect posting, its just I have read so much information and looking for clarification. At first I thought to ignore parking charge, so I did, letters continued and as I live in Scotland I'm wondering if I should be appealing? Charge has been passed onto Debt Recovery and now they are saying they will pass…
A £3,245 claim by Park Direct UK
Hi Guys, Sorry if I'm doing the wrong thing here, forums have never been my forté. I did have a thread in the forum previously, but now this past the pre-action stage and is now actually a claim, If I read correctly the best thing to do is start a new thread with my defence which is below: 3. The defendant is a resident of…
County Court Business Centre letter for court case regarding unpaid parking fine
I have received a letter for an impending court case from the county court business centre. This was apparently from a fine over 2 years ago. The letter was sent to my mothers address as she is now the owner of the car, although the letter was in my name. I cannot recall getting any other letters regarding this fine. I am…
Parking Eye Charge appeared on bank statement without a ticket being received
A parking charge has appeared on my bank account without any paperwork being received. I have no knowledge of contravening any parking restriction. Parking Eye cannot be contacted on line without a document reference so am assuming that it may be a scam. Has anyone been in such a position?
Private parking ticket issued on land not owned by the property!
Hi all. Hope everyone is doing well! I have received multiple tickets on a land that is not owned by the property (C.Court) who issued the ticket! I haven't paid any of them, they use to send debt collection letters and dummy solicitor letters regarding court but they have stopped, today I want to get to the bottom of this…
PCM and Trace Debt Recovery
Hi, Looking for some assistance from the PNC masters. First letter dated 18/02/22 received by me regarding a Parking charge (PCN) dated 17/12/21, dated 2 months after the initial alleged breach. I picked up this letter on 25/03/22 and instantly communicated with company (PCM). Stating that I have not received any prior…
Parcking charge notice Heathrow T5 drop off - Apcoa
Hi. As the keeper of the vehicle (but not the driver at the time) I have received a PCN from APCOA parking for driving through T5 drop off. I have read some other posts and tried to understand how to appeal. I am intending to just write the following: Re PCN number: I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the…
NCP fine for parking in disabled bays when only dropping off
I'd love some advice on this as I've just received 2 fines from December and will expect a couple more. Basically, my local train station (Chelmsford) doesn't have a drop off, so everyone uses an area of car park that is marked as disabled parking. Each time I'm recorded as being there less than 10 minutes and the evidence…
UKPC Parking Fine - Help Requested
Hello, We would like to get your help regarding a ticket received at a local shopping park. The ticket was issued and put onto the windscreen for parking tyres over some hatched area alongside the parking bay (childrens parking bay). The newbies post was read and instructions followed, sending the appeal to UKPC on day…
Ticket for 'Not parking correctly within the markings of the bay' (B&Q carpark, bays poorly marked?)
Ive had a UKPC ticket for not parking correctly within the markings of the bay, but in my opinion the bays are not actually marked clearly, the whole carpark is made from the brown stone bricks with the bays set out with slightly different colour brown bricks. I did have a wheel on the other side of the brick markings, but…
Civil Enforcement County Court Claim
Hi Everyone, Really hope you can help me. I received a County court claim form 2 days ago from Civil Enforcement. They claim that in 2018 a car registered in my name parked in a ANPR car park for 13 mins. I have never visited this car park, however one of the named drivers might of we just dont know. The problem being,…
Penalty charge notice received in No Waiting area
Hello. I hope someone may be able to help with a question I have in regards to a parking ticket I received... Should a 'No Waiting 8 pm - 6 am except taxis' sign within a Controlled Parking Zone also have yellow lines? Thanks.
Parking Charge Notice Received from 4 years ago!!!
I have read the thread and done the acknowledgement of service and now need to write up a defence. I am worried so bare with me. I have no recollection of what actually happened as it was from 2018. From the images, you can see the parking duration was only from 17:48 to 18:01 and the photos of my vehicle are very zoomed…
BWLegal - Threatening texts
Hello everyone, So this an ongoing issue with BWlegal from back in 2016-2017. My Mrs parked somewhere that had no signs, they put signs up throughout the day and ticketed everyone in the area. A court claim has been raised by BWlegal but I've heard nothing since 2019 when I put a defence in. My partner is now getting texts…
Excel parking - PCN for parking without payment (incorrect VRN)
Hi everyone,1st post from a Newbie who was following some threads so far but decided he needs help. But first of all I wanted to say thanks to everyone who contributes here with knowledge, experience or general advice. You put a lot of minds at ease (including mine) with your free, after hours help. Now back to business, I…
Costa Coffee over stay in car park Essex / East London
Hi all According to a letter the registered keeper received, a driver over stayed a 90 mins parking allowance at a Costa coffee in Essex/ London No ticket left on the driver windscreen only camera photos in a letter received Incident date 5th March 2022 Issue date 22nd March 2022 Date posted 24th March 2022 Letter received…

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