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G24 PCN *EDIT* Now with DCB Legal - Here we go!
Hi all! Long time lurker, first time poster :D The forums have helped me with a separate issue with another company, DCB Legal (may do a thread for that, went to county court, no update with courts for over 1 year now after defence was struck out, last correspondence from DCB was asking to settle out of court, LOL...)…
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Worthy of a poor signage appeal?
Hi I had my generic appeal (from this site) to "Have a nice car park" immediately rejected. I'm not sure from reading the newbies stuff if the appeal to IPC is mandatory? I'm not sure what my appeal basis is? Other than it really did look like standard on-street car parking and totally oblivious to those signs on the walls…
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ARMTRAC SECURITY. IPC member. Swanpool Beach, Cornwall. Final Letter before Debt Recovery.
Hi all, First of all I hold my hands up and say I have messed up on multiple accounts here, especially by not reading the Newbie thread and appealed. I am going through a bit of a stressful time at the moment. Now I would just like some advice to see whether this is even worth pursuing, or if you think I should just pay.…
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ANPR PCN Appeal to POPLA on Medical Grounds
I'm prepping my appeal to POPLA. I was going thru Whittington when my DIABETES Sensor alarm went off, so needed to pull over sharpish, I saw a sign for the castle and dived into the car park to deal with whatever the alarm was for. Cant touch my phone while driving. I was having a hypo and it was actually quite a sharp…
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Penalty notice from APCOA parking - Railway byelaws
Hi We have received a penalty notice from APCOA Parking in my wife's name, as she is the registered keeper. The notice refers to 'use of private car park without a valid payment/permit', and relates to a stay in Bracknell station car park. It states that she was in breach of the Railway Byelaws. It states that my wife is…
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ParkingEye sent Letter Before County Court Claim - but we never saw their rejection of our appeal?
the letter says "When Parkingeye rejected your appeal, you were provided with 28 days to lodge a further appeal with POPLA..." etc. But we never received any such rejection. What's the advice in this situation? Many thanks
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SIP PCN – Paid (Wrong VRM), Session Confirmed, IAS Lost, Now Reminders Increasing Charge
Hi, I need guidance on an SIP Parking Charge where the correct fee was paid but under the wrong VRM. Summary of the case * A Parking Charge Notice was issued by SIP after the driver paid the correct tariff, but accidentally entered the VRM of a previous vehicle they used to own. * ANPR images from the Notice show the…
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Council PCN (Hampshire) informal appeal rejected.
Hi all. 8 days ago on the 5th I changed car. Owing to the fact I only just bought it I had no V5 and insurance certificate was still being generated. To add a vehicle to a residents permit you need at least one of those 2 documents to upload to the 'MiPermit' service they use. For the 5th I just used a visitor permit,…
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Hirer Notification - Excel Parking
Afternoon all, Received a Hirer Notification PCN late last month for parking at my local gym on my lease vehicle - agreement with the gym (PureGym) is you can park in the car park if you enter your details onto the tablet inside the gym and you get 2hours. Tablet is rubbish, always crashes, often out of action with a scrap…
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Parking Charge Notice - an honest mistake, appeal failed, now ignore?
I recently received a Parking Charge Notice after paying for a car parking slot, but then driving to the car park in our other car (I have to pay beforehand because there is no signal at the car park). It was a stupid mistake and of course means that I broke the rules by the letter of the law. I have screenshots of my…
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Horizon Parking Court claim form
Hi everyone, last year I received a Horizon Parking fine by mail after my car was parked in a Tesco Express car park, as I wasn't the driver on that day I ignored the letters until yesterday when I received a Court Claim Form. Today I've done the acknowledge service of claim fallowing the newbie steps and now I'm preparing…
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I Park, DCB LEGAL claim at hearing stage - 1 minutes 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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Claim form horizon/Gladstones
Hello, and thank you in advance for the support. I’ve received a County Court Claim dated 17/12/25. I’ve submitted the Acknowledgment of Service within the required timeframe, which gives me 33 days from the issue date—meaning my defence is due by 19 January (I believe). I’ve dealt with a similar claim in the past and…
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Euro Car Parks did not send letter until 6 weeks later!
Hello,I have had a look through the newbies thread and others but can only see information linked to receiving the first letter and the timeframes associated with that.I parked in a newly charging carpark on 29/05/25. I did not see the signage. It was not prominent. I parked right by the entrance. I was there an hour and…
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County Court Claim Form from Smart parking Limited
This discussion was created from comments split from: 'Template' defence suggestion - NB: ultimately, your choice of defence wording is your own.
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DCB Legal claim on behalf of G24
Hi all, First thankyou for the help provided on these forums for everyone fighting against these claims. I have (hopefully) followed the newbies thread up until now, in that I now have a claim lodged against me after I ignored all the threatening letters. I have acknowledged service on MCOL and am now drafting my defence…
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Need help with how to proceed with appealing Napier Parking Parking Charge letter
Hi all, sorry in advance for the complete newb-ness of my post. Just not sure how to proceed with appealing and maybe if there's any point. So essentially I have been sent a Parking Charge letter issue under the reason No valid parking session detected for the total duration of around 5 and half minutes, in one of my local…
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First Parking + DCB Ltd defence - will i fail?
First post here, so hello! I have a PCN case as below: * I work in a university in England, this is where the PCN was received * I was on university-owned land, and there are never any parking charges for staff * I have a permit and it was clearly displayed * I received a PCN last August, which I appealed, and it was…
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Another ECP/DCB Defence
Hi, I've taken some time to go through a lot of the threads on here and think I'm finally ready to submit my own defence. Any help you lovely people can give would be amazing. Background: ECP is or was (I haven't been back since) managing this site that has a Sainsburys on. I can't remember if the machines weren't working…
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EURO CAR PARKS / DEBT RECOVERY PLUS
Looking for some advice on a parking fine. I parked in a Morrisons car park (run by Euro Car Parks) for slightly longer than the allocated 2 hours. I was in Morrisons for some of that time, and have a digital receipt on the Morrisons app. 10 days after I parked there, I received a letter from Euro car parks with a £100…
