Parking tickets, fines & parking

Hi All, I have read through the advice that others have kindly put up and followed it up to now, but now not sure of my next move. We have appealed this NTK PC with the template appeal in the newbie section. They have turned it down. Any help on the next steps or pointers would be most excellent thank you in advance.

Dear All, I have got a PC from MET parking services as the registered keeper of the vehicle. They have mentioned the the reason for issuing the charge as "Vehicle was left in McDonald's car park while the occupants left McDonald's premises". Could the experienced member help me as to how to appeal this as the registered…

I’m currently drafting the defence for the following claim: UK Car Park Management Limited / BW Legal * Claim issue Date: 24-Jul-2025 * I have submitted my Acknowledgment of Service (submitted 29/07/25) and I need to file my defence by Tuesday 26-Aug. Background: The driver was assisting a disabled person, who held a valid…

Hope this is ok to post, I have spent the last 3 days reading the forum and new member info but I can not get my head around what we do from here. I will attach a copy of the claim form (with my info redacted) I have acknowledged service so have another 14 days but no idea on what to put in my defense. The only info I know…

DCB Legal are claiming on behalf of Euro Car Parks for an incident where my partner paid for her car parking ticket but left slightly after the parking end time that was displayed on the ticket. I recently successfully defended 3 PCNs in court for a road which claimed to be a car park thanks to help on here. This is a…

Hi everyone, I'm defending a small claim from SIP Parking concerning an incident over three years ago. My court hearing is coming up soon. SIP's evidence shows that I paid for 4 hours via PayByPhone(￡3.5) but left approximately 24 minutes after the paid period expired. They calculate the parking time by entry and exit time…

Hello, On 10th April 2026, I have overstayed the allocated time limit at McDonald’s Earlestown. However, I knew I would end up over staying because I had taken my young granddaughter to the store who loves talking to other children in there. The Manager took My VRM and stated I would be ok and should I get a charge through…

Hello, I've read the newbies thread and others but was hoping someone could give me some specific advice now as I'm looking at a small claims court. This relates to a 34 min (though some documents say 35 minute) overstay for failing to obtain a permit whilst dropping my young son off at an Activity Centre for 2 nights for…

Hi all, My wife recently went to our local petrol station/greggs/starbucks to meet her mum for a coffee, where she stayed for about an hour (55 mins according to the PCN). During that time she used the QR code in Starbucks to register our car, but today a PCN has showed up saying she overstayed the 30 mins free. What…

Hi all, any help much appreciated. I received a PCN through the post around 2/3 after the incident. I had parked in Bridlington harbour and my brother went to pay for the ticket. Apparently this ticket was for a different car park (right next to the one I was in, looking back separated by a metal rail as seen in most…

This discussion was created from comments split from: PCM Parking Charge Despite Landlord/Agent Authorisation.

So I have been using this route to go gym since forever, recently I think they changed that you can't go into that road, unless bus or private hire I didnt know- have I got any ground to challenge or just pay it 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

I received a PCN from MET Parking for overstaying and not paying for parking at Starbucks Stansted. I replied to them using this template I found in MSE forum and I got a reply. Below are the template I used and the reply I received from MET Parking. My Appeal- I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle.…

Morning folks. My first post here so please be kind I'm after some advice regarding a parking charge notice received recently from Smart Parking The story goes like this Driver entered a car park at 8.51am Ticket purchased at 8.53am at the machine in the car park itself. Ticket covered until 10.08am (75 minutes). Ticket…

As the title says. Mid-August of this year, I parked somewhere to see the shooting stars, parked at 8.12pm and paid for a physical full-day ticket which according to the T&Cs is until 23:59:59. I left at 1am, which I agree is past the time I paid for but there was no option to buy time past 23:59:59 when I purchased the…

Good morning all, I've received multiple parking fines for parking at my partners address (apartment complex). The new parking system was introduced at the start of August and I was told I only needed to register my car once on the system and that was it. Despite doing this on the day the system was introduced (I did not…

Hi all For about 2 years now I have been receiving letters from Parking Eye / DCBL / DCB Legal about a parking charge they think I owe them. I didn't care to respond, complain or appeal and I am no longer in possession of any of those letters. However, I have recently received a claim form from HMCTS which I will link…

Dear All, I today got a text from Trace Debt Recovery telling me you have an outstanding balance please visit paydtr.co.uk to make payment and a case number. No mention of how much or for what?! I called up spoke to a lady who after taking my name asked for address and post code which I didn't give. She then said she could…

Recently assisted a work colleague with PCN which he disputed. Background: He was at an appointment, it over-ran and he was late back to the carpark. So he pays via the phoneline system to cover the extra hours - the parking company took a nominal payment of 0.01p out of his bank (there was an error with their payment…

An example of how going to head office can be most helpful. I was charged for using a carpark without paying. This confused me, as I very much did pay and displayed a ticket. Turns out it was a major keying error. Euro Car Parks recognised and had record of my payment, however declined my appeal, offering the typical '£20'…