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POPLA Decisions
MSE Note: Hi! Please don't post any private details (yours or other peoples) on the forum for privacy reasons. Thanks! MSE Official Insert: Read our MoneySaving UK Travel & Transport guides to save more including Fight Private Parking Tickets and Parking Ticket Appeals. Back to Aaron Aadvark's original post.... This thread…
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Template defence to adapt for all parking cases with added 'admin/DRA' costs - edited in 2025
PLEASE READ THIS POST FIRST TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE SOME OR ALL OF THIS SUGGESTED TEMPLATE AS PART OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL DEFENCE, THAT YOU CAN THEN DRAFT. YOUR FINAL DEFENCE THAT YOU DECIDE TO DRAFT IS YOUR OWN. NOTHING ON THIS BOARD IS LEGAL ADVICE, JUST OPINIONS BASED ON EXPERIENCE OF WINNING DEFENCES. THE MAIN INFO ABOUT…
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"A safe and friendly community"
Hi all, Unfortunately it's come to the team's attention that there's been an uptick in needlessly confrontational and provocative posting on the board recently. I'm not going to retread all the ground covered in a previous thread, but the conduct we've been seeing warrants a new intervention. Firstly, MSE's ethos is…
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**NEWBIES!! PRIVATE PARKING TICKET? OLD OR NEW? **READ THESE FAQS FIRST!** Thankyou!
:) WELCOME! :) HOW TO BEAT A PRIVATE PCN: BY APPEAL, COMPLAINT, OR DEFENCE. BEFORE YOU USE THE FORUM, IF YOU ARE NOT SURE HOW TO USE IT, CLICK HERE Forum Introduction Guide DO NOT USE YOUR REAL NAME AS YOUR USERNAME IF YOU POST A THREAD: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5532696 FAQS FIRST. NO THREAD IS…
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MSE Parking Ticket Appeals Guide feedback
Hi all, We noticed that a recent thread we started about MoneySavingExpert's Parking Ticket Appeals Guide prompted a response from a number of users. Thank you for all the feedback. MSE's guides are based on detailed journalistic research and analysis rather than tailored advice aimed at individuals. These guides are…
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Unfriendly behaviour on the board
Hi everyone, It's come to our attention that there have been more and more instances of uncivil behaviour here on the parking board, and I'd like to address the situation directly. Firstly, we'd like to express how much we value the insight and support that our very knowledgeable Forumites can offer. This is the very heart…
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Posting on the Parking Board – your help please
MSE Update November 2017 Hi everyone Please could all forumites using this board re-read our original post below. Thank you! ---- Please read our Don't Pay Unfair Parking Tickets News story for MSE's stance. Hi everyone, As you’ll be aware this board was set up for users to find factual information about parking tickets…
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The Parking Tickets Board Sticky
WELCOME [Useful Links & General Info] **NEWBIES!! PRIVATE PARKING TICKET? OLD OR NEW? **READ THESE FAQS FIRST!** Thankyou! Parking board feedback POPLA Decisions IAS Decisions (IAS = Independent Appeals Service) BPA Code of Practice - latest version Parking - Letter Before County Court Claim (LBCCC) - Fight back! Guidance…
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Help with a Parking Charge from Civil Enforcement please
Hi all Wondering if anyone had any advice for a parking charge I received from Civil Enforcement for parking in Balmaha car park in Scotland please? I appealed and they rejected it, so I was wondering if it was worth putting in an appeal to Popla? Unfortunately I have left it late as the appeal was rejected on 04.07.25 so…
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Where can I get advice?
Hi Years ago, can't even remember when, like 2020 I got a parking ticket in a private carpark. I HAD paid £1.20 for 2 hours and only stayed 40mins. It was a machine you had to put your reg into, so I wrote to the company to explain that I had paid, asked them to check my old regs just in case I'd put the wrong one in, we…
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Court Claim Letter - Here we go again - Acknowledgement of Service
Hello Legends...and Coup I have ignored everything, and truly cannot remember my defence - other than I either over stayed by 20 minutes, or I automatically parked in a car park 20 yards away and entered the incorrect one in the Pay App. I assume step one is: Acknowledgement of Claim And (1) I Intend to defend all of this…
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National Parking Enforcement ( NPE ) SHOULD I IGNORE?
I have recently received two fines at my local gym for parking in a disabled bay for 5 minutes! (Yes my fault i am aware, but this gym has never had parking inspectors for the last ten years i have been attending... it is a new thing. I ignored the initial letters of NPE since they are a private firm and i have now…
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MAN Airport - appealed before reading recommended APCOA text
Trying to type this without sharing personal information. Dropped off luggage and family in barrierless zone at Manchester, then parked elsewhere. Tried to pay but couldn't before flight time. By the time internet access was available the requisite 24 hours had passed. I appealed based on this information, although neither…
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UK Car Park Management Gladstones claim
Hello, I'm new here, being taken to court by Gladstones for a parking ticket that was issued to my son for parking in his flat and not displaying his permit. V5 is in his name showing that he acquired the vehicle on 22.11.22, but son didn't do this until July 2024. Sadly I have only just found you and seem to have done…
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Unable to appeal PC from APCOA that was transferred to me
Hello, i don’t like wasting threads but need help on this one. I received a Parking Charge letter from Apcoa, i am using a hire vehicle and the company transferred liability to me. When i go to Apcoa website to appeal I am only given 2 options: Pay or Enter liable party details. It seems that the hire company transferred…
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Civil enforcement error
I am sick to the back teeth now of constantly defending these trumped up charges... Why do the dvla release my details In the first place to these cowboys.. See the letter I received today, pulled over for the grand total of 12 minutes 12 seconds... to use my phone on the way home.. And apparently I've exceeded the 90 min…
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DCB Legal Claim
HI All Hopefully I can get a little guidance on this. I have received a CNBC claim form Euro Car Parks/ DCB for a PCN back in Oct 2022, but am unsure how to respond. I have completed the MCOL but not the defence and that's were I need the help do I use the standard defence template give that not he day I was in hospital,…
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Advice needed: Parking 'Letter of Claim' for 5-year-old charge - paid but with keying error.
Hi everyone, I'd be grateful for some advice on a Letter of Claim we've received from a firm of solicitors acting on behalf of a private parking company. Below are the details. Timeline * Date of Parking: 20 July 2020 * First Letter Received (from a debt collection agency): 20 May 2025 * Letter of Claim Received (from the…
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Claim form from CPS / Combined Parking Solutions
I am looking for some help as I have received what looks like a claim form for an parking fine from 2023 i ignored all letters and had a strange letter a few weeks ago offering me to pay the original charge for £100 and some forms to complete which I ignored thinking it was strange to hear 2years later it could be a scam i…
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Another Manchester Airport
Good afternoon, I've had a scam claim from APCOA at Manchester. A slightly different scenario, though. I've an account with them, as I use it regularly. I also have a concession account, so I've no idea why I've been issued it. Anyway, I've told them this and they've come back asking for the usual driver info, etc. The…
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DCB Legal - help please!!
Hello, A fine was issued to me by Smart Parking in September 2020. I appealed this at the time with Smart Parking, and sent a letter stating that as the keeper of the vehicle I denied the debt and was not driving. The pictures they have used of the vehicle exiting the carpark do not show the number plate of the vehicle (it…
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Set aside CCJ: Consent from claimant
Hello there, Love this forum and thread and appreciate all the great info here. Over Christmas I was shocked to discover a CCJ on my credit file issued in November 2024 to my previous address which I left 15 months ago. I have since paid the court fee to Civil National Business Centre to request the set aside judgement and…
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APCOA Stansted
Hi Just wondering how long it takes for appeal outcomes to be notified? My daughter received a PCN for using the drop off zone in my car on 30th June, and I submitted the appeal online on 7th July. So far we have heard nothing via email or post. All i can see on the PCN is that the notice must be appealed within 28 days...…
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What do I do now?
Hello, This is not my first of these but it seems a lot has changed in the years and I’m very confused by it all. Sorry reading isn’t my strong point with dyslexia but here is as follows. I have received the following: I have submitted the acknowledgment of service and it shows on my online that they have received it. Even…
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DCBLegal N180 Directions Questionnaire and Court Claims
Hi All, The parking fine from DCBLegal all started near the beginning of the year for allegedly over-staying in the Meadowhall Retail Park on 28/10/2019. Other than that and a demand of payment, no other information is provided. I personally have not received any of the original parking fines from G24 Ltd. The first time I…
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CEL/DCB Legal PCN - CNBC Claim - Defence Assistance required Please
Hi all! Thank you for your time and dedication to MSE. I have been reading through many threads and looking through the recommended threads that get pointed out all the time! I am currently writing up a defence - below is the claim form - Claim Form (Civil National Business Centre) issue date 28 Nov 2024. - DCB Legal…
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CCJ Claim form for 1 minute stay in car park
Hello, I have just received a CCJ claim form for staying just over a minute in a private car park- I parked, got out the car, realised it was a pay and display and left. I realise I should have disputed this earlier but thought that it was so ridiculous I wouldn't waste my time on it. I would like to think that a court…
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Civil Enforcement - Letter Before Action
Hi I am sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but I am very new to forums. My husband has been issued with a letter before action from Civil Enforcement Ltd due to parking in an unlit car park, in the evening, in winter, raining so signs were not immedicately noticeable, had buidling work going on in the car park and…
