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Notice of Proposed Allocation to the Small Claims Track
Hello, I'd really appreciate your advice. I received a PCN fine back in November 2023 for parking at Tesco's. The fine was issue by "HORIZON PARKING LIMITED". HORIZON later escalated to Gladstone Solicitors limited. I received a claim form for 253£. I follow the guide to MCOL and acknowledged service ('AOS'). I submitted…
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Euro Car Parks / DCB Legal Ltd Claim
Good evening, I received an N1SDT claim form in the post yesterday (issue date 19/03/26) I've just joined and read through these forums a little and I'm looking for some help confirming how best to deal with this. My understanding is I have until 07/04/26 to complete the AoS? I'm out of the country from Friday for a week…
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Have a Nice Carpark...
Parked up in an area I didn't know was controlled by Have a Nice Carpark in December it was at 8:15pm to collect a take away (must have been parked 5-15 mins) didn't receive anything thru the post until a letter from TNC. I've received 2 in the last month. I've also been back to check the signage and it says enter your reg…
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Parking fine in England from a Private company
So I have just received this letter from a private parking company. Have received multiple letters from a debt company (TRACE) before which I have ignored but now I have received this from a legal firm. I need advice on what to do next. Do I now just pay it and give in. I don't want a CCJ against me.
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ECP-DCB parking charge claim
HI, hope someone can help. I have a historic claim from ecp & dcb relating to an alleged overstay at a retail park. They're after a stupid amount of money for what would have been a free parking space and it's so long ago that it's impossible now to gather evidence and therefore may be difficult to defend. However, from…
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Parking Group Ltd, DCB LEGAL claim 2025 - Doncaster
my NTK was back in 4.11.24 DCBL letter was 8.1.25 All ignored,until I found this forum. Wish I had known all the information lived on the Internet. Shall I still try step A?? Ar this stage ?
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DCB Legal defended claim - Euro Car Parks
Hello all, hope this thread helps anyone who is as lost as I am trying to find a way through this. In December 2024 I parked my car in a carpark that is supervised by Euro Car Parks Ltd. Having done so quite frequently and knowing that it allowed me to do so for 3h I didn't think much of it. Turns out that ECP changed the…
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Met Parking, DCB LEGAL court claim
I wonder if you can help & advise me please. I recently received a NOTICE TO HIRER from MET Parking Services for a car I hired. The letter is dated 8th Apr & the contravention occurred on 14th March at Southgate Park, Stansted. I'm required to pay £100. Thanks.
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Parking Code of Practice Consultation 2025 - now let's see what happens
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.
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Notice of debt Recovery from DCB Ltd - please help
Dear All, I'm new on here and have gone through the newbie thread on parking fines but still at lost of what to do as really confused ! Basically, I'm in England. I parked my car in the ALDI carpark , Euro car Parks Ltd (in the electric parking bay) and charged my electric car for a few hours and left it there for a bit…
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DCBLegal + total car parks ltd - witness statement stage (submitted)
Hi all, I have followed all advice thus far on the forum including all the legal stages. I have now submitted the witness statement promptly. It wasn't the usual 14 days before the hearing deadline. So I've submitted before the date given but I have not received WS from the claimant at all. Is there anything I need to tell…
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PCN from Euro Car Parks
This discussion was created from comments split from: MSE Parking Ticket Appeals Guide feedback.
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Euro Car Parks alleged overstay claim form
Good evening, In 2020 I was able to have a CCJ set aside and ultimately defeat VCS's claim against me using the information and advice from this forum. Since then I have been scrupulous in my use of car parks overseen by predatory private firms. Unfortunately, my partner has not been so careful….. We have a Claim Form…
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DCBL Parking Fine
Hi, I've read some of the guidance re DCBL. These scumbags originally wrote to an old address of mine until some 4 weeks later i got a letter at my correct home address. Once received i responded to them with: Re PCN number: xxx I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle. I deny any
liability or…
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To appeal or not to appeal - Smart Parking
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…
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DCBL Harrassment
Hi all, looking for some advice please. I’m being pursued by DCBL for £170 relating to a parking charge from March 2025. I paid for parking online for 2 hours and did not overstay. Unfortunately, I never received the original Parking Charge Notice as it was sent to my previous address. I only became aware of the issue…
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NtK - Gorleston - Total Car Parks
The owner of a vehicle has been sent an NtK for overstayed Free Parking time (26 minutes). The driver went to pay the machine for 2 hours and noticed it didnt accept cash, they already had the app installed and proceeded to pay. A glitch must have occured as it wasnt till last week they noticed no monies were debited. They…
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UKPS Parking Charge Notice
Hi i have tried reading through a lot of the newbie posts but i am getting a little lost with all the information to be honest! I went to visit a friend a couple of weeks ago and parked in the end of a small retail car park which until a few months ago had no cameras. Unknowingly to me they had been installed at and i now…
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UK Parking Control Limited, DCB LEGAL Court Claim - January 2026
Hi There I am only at Stage 2 of the First Eight stages - Ignoring them. But I wanted to start a specific thread for possible assistance with witness statement and in case they don't discontinue. I hope that is ok. So: 'Incident' occurred August 2025. Parking Charge Notices came through the post at some point thereafter…
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POPLA Appeal NCP
Hi, I wondered if I might be able to get some assistance with appealing a PCN. I have contested the PCN with NCP directly and was advised "our records show the notice was correctly issued as your vehicle was parked in breach of the Terms and Conditions of Parking". I have been advised by NCP in line with their ATA…
