Parking tickets, fines & parking

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This is an overstay PCN at Wyndley Leisure Centre Birmingham. My Friend parked, paid £5 and apparently overstayed. The parking that day was unclear. The National Cross country Championships were taking place so there were hundreds of visitors to the site, and different parking systems in place depending on the purpose of…

Hi, I would appreciate some advice please. In 2022 I received charges from Smart Parking for parking in a pub car park that I drank in. I kept asking the pub to intervene and eventually they emailed me to say they ‘had confirmation this morning that this ticket has been cancelled’ I heard no more from Smart Parking so…

Hi everyone I am after some advice relating to a PCN I received whilst charging my company car (not owned by myself), at an InstaVolt charging station situated in the car park of the Gissons Hotel, Exeter. I was on-site for 34 minutes. I received a letter from ParkingEye, (not sure how they got my address and contact…

Summary: I visited the site twice (as a legitimate guest) and didn’t sign in at the machine where I was supposed to enter my reg (it was all very complex, the barrier boom arm was broken, the security guard was wearing his house robe, the phone number for the company was and still is a dudd number). When the PCN arrived, I…

To save adding to a post about something else it might be worth having a seperate thread for parking stories in the media Kicking it off is this on the BBC news site "Drivers fined as Durham car park camera 'misses them leaving' yep, its the good old double dip again, full story on the BBC here…

Hello everyone, I've received a Letter of Claim and, after reading through several posts on here, decided to start a new thread to ask for some advice. Do you think it's worth defending this claim, or would I be better off settling it? The situation is as follows: I was in London for work and parked my car late at night.…

This was a thread to discuss these questions: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/private-parking-code-of-practice Let's see what the MHCLG do next.

In 2023, I visited a retail park on the evening of one day, and then again on the following morning. A few months later, I received a PCN via post, claiming I had stayed overnight. I had not, and I now know that this is called an “ANPR double dipping error”. At the time, I phoned the DCBL up and explained the situation and…

The Mercedes people carrier to my left parked like a Tw.. he front was angled towards the parking space i used so i allowed space as to not damage both vehicles. My blue badge was displayed. I received the letter today it happened on the 11th. I appealed via the online site stating as above what do you guys think, orwould…

Our local Waitrose brought in Brittania parking about a month ago (and fired the previous car parking attendants but that is another story). We have a car that is leased via our company, so the company is the hirer. I am well versed in the hirer liability vs the leasing company's inability to provide the signed agreement…

hello, firstly thank you so much for the advice. I’m glad I went to court and followed through. ECP took me to county court for a few tickets bundled together. My case was just under two weeks ago. They did not show and the judge awarded further damages for due to their handling of the case so far. Roughly £330 was…

I parked the car for less than 9 min in private car park. I myself did not get out from the car, just passenger. All the letters were ignored, until I received a registered letter from Credit investigation services claiming £170. Later LBC was received a week ago from private parking company. I've asked for SAR which they…

Hi, first time here. I have read the newbies thread but I’m confused. on 10/02/2026 I got a parking charge at a road I pulled up in cos I got lost . Says i parked without an E permit (vehicle not pre authorised it says) but i never parked or turned off my engine at all. It was only for 12 minutes !! It was also night time…

Hi, My husband parked on street, and got a parking charge from UKCPS. Apparently you couldn’t park there as it’s private land which he didn’t know. I appealed using the template and it got rejected. However I didn’t realise they aren’t part of BPA and so cannot appeal at POPLA. They sent another letter for the same…

Wondering if anyone can help. On 27/10/26 Civil Enforcement Limited issued a Claim for an outstanding parking ticket, which we had responsed to them many times detailing the reason for the vehicle being in the private parking area. I responded on my husbands behalf to the moneyclaim online stating the reason as had been…

Greetings, good people of the internet! Here is the short version of the story. 1. My vehicle entered M&S car park on 03/09/2026 at 16:00, according to Smart Parking Ltd's evidence. 2. Mobile reception is very bad in this particular car park, therefore paying via RingGo took some time. According to the RingGo receipt…

As the title suggests, DCB Legal have been in touch regarding parking tickets from 2021/22, these pertain to parking in a gym car park operated by SMART parking. I was authorised to use the parking space as a member of the gym, but must have forgot a couple of times to input my vehicle registration details onto their…

Hello, I am hoping for a little bit of advice in regards to my Smart Parking claim that has now reached the small claims stage with DCB Legal. I have filed an AoS and am now drafting my defence. I have read through the various posts on here including the newbies sticky post, but as things have progressed to this stage…

Hope someone can advise here. I parked in the car park at Havant Station recently (managed by Apcoa). I arrived (0730), went to work, and when returning and walking back to the car park (at approx 1900), I remembered that I had not paid parking that morning. I opened up the Ringo app, located the car park (in my favourites…

Hi all. Thanks for all you do on this forum. I've been following advice up to now, and I've read post #2 of the NEWBIES thread plus the first steps in the Template Defence thread, but I have a complication I'd like advice on before I do anything. BACKGROUND Civil Enforcement Ltd in-house claim; no solicitor is named on the…