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DCBL Final Notice – Parking Charge Appealed, No Response, Now Debt Collection
Hi all, I’m hoping for some advice on a private parking charge that has now been escalated to DCBL, despite an appeal and what I believe is an incorrectly issued charge. Timeline / facts: * Parking event took place in March 2025 * Car park stated maximum stay: 2 hours * Original Parking Charge Notice alleges an overstay,…
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Claim Form received
I’ve received a Claim Form regarding a parking ticket from 20/08/23. I can’t remember but I think it’s one I may have appealed. We overstayed our time but it was because we were blocked in whilst trying to leave. We’d parked in an overflow area of grass and there was a fun fair on and it was busy when we were trying to…
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ParkingEye overstayed 15 minutes.
I have overstayed for 15 minutes in a parkingeye car park, office was nearby and that was the cheapest alternative carpark. I bought 8 hours of time, came back and left at 8 hours and 15 minutes in. How can I get this appealed? It was raining that day and cars were all over the place making it hard to walk back to the car…
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Filling in N9B form for Defence - DCBL
I am about to submit my defence for a parking charge, Smart Parking / DCBL LTD for overstay on leisure facility car park. The venue has screen to enter your VRM, I did this. I have completed the AOS on moneyclaim and I have used the template in the forum to complete my defence statement which includes that I have proof I…
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PCM Numerous PCNs in Own Bay - kind of
Hi all, back in 2020 I got a letter to my flat from the management company - SDL Bigwood about newly introduced parking restrictions and the requirement to now display a permit. i didnt immediately receive the permit. The letter advising of these new introduction was titled 'Albert House - Leak Detection Investigation'…
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Euro Car Parks Final Notification – Paid via JustPark, On-Site Signage Covered 48 Hours
Hi all, I’m looking for advice on a Euro Car Parks (ECP) charge that has now reached a Final Notification, which I believe is fundamentally flawed due to misleading pricing and conflicting information between JustPark and the on-site signage. Facts / timeline: * Parking took place in 2025 * I paid for parking in advance…
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PoFA to apply to all railway locations that are subject to byelaws from 26th December
I've not seen this discussed here yet. So, for the uninitiated: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1256/introduction/made From 26 December 2025 in England and Wales, railway station car parks governed by the Railway Byelaws 2005 are treated as “relevant land” for the purposes of Schedule 4 of the Protection of…
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Online parking payment not showing on credit card statement
Has anyone experienced something similar to this: - I received a parking charge for not paying for parking - I was absolutely sure that I had purchased 4 hours parking using the operator's app. One part of the payment process involved my bank requiring me to confirm the payment on my banking app. - There was indeed no…
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CEL Directors Questionaire
Hi All, Regarding the directors questionnaire. I have been sent a filled out version of the DQ by CEL which I believe is for my information. I filed my defence on 29/11 and received their DQ a few days later. my question is shouldn’t I also be filing one of these too? I assumed it would arrive in the post, I’d fill it in…
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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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Gladstones - WS
Hi, I am coming up to a hearing on a PCN for parking at a trading estate in a bay that was apparently belonging to a different unit from which I was a customer of. I was ignoring them up until the claim form (I know I should have followed the steps), then I have used the defence from this forum (thank you!). In Gladstones…
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NPC parking fine/claim form
Hi, looking for advice of defence of a private fine issued by npc in March this year. I had parked on the car park whilst at the theater, I spent at least 30mins trying to pay, via the app and then eventually by cash. The machine took my money but issued no ticket or confirmation so I assumed it registered and the cameras…
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Received PCN from First Parking – POPLA Rejected – Now DCBL Letter for £150
Hi all, Looking for advice on my situation as I’ve read the newbie guide but want to make sure I’m on the right track. I've only just come across this wonderful website. Timeline of events - October 2024: Parked at my university’s car park (managed by First Parking). Tried multiple times to pay via the JustPark app, but it…
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SAR request refused from Euro Parking Services Limited
I have made a Subject Access Request to Euro Parking Services Limited, but they are refusing to process it unless I send a copy of my ID (passport/Driving Licence) via email. I have told them that they recognise my name, email address and postal address as they have already corresponded with me via both (with personal…
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DCB Legal claim form.
Good morning, I have had two claim forms from DCB legal arrive this morning for allegedly overstaying at Monks cross in York. I have/ will post them both separately. Any advice on what to add to the template defence for this please. i will log on and do AoS and defence as the deadline is looming for this one. thank you!
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Dealing with cryptic emails from solicitor
I've recently started receiving rather cryptic emails from a supposed solicitor with the subject of 'Important Correspondence'. They each contain a link to log in to what I presume is some kind of portal on their website in order to view a document of some sort, but there's nothing whatsoever in the email to indicate what…
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UKPC -- Parking outside of bay, Valley Retail Park (Croydon)
Bit of an unusual one here... There was a bird in the parking bay, as the attached photos show. I think it was a bit injured. Anyway, I wouldn't want to injure it (and to do so would be illegal), so I parked adjacent thinking it would move, and I would then straighten up. But it didn't, so I just popped into the shops…
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Advice on dcblegal
Long story short, a family member has been hounded for a pcn on a sold vehicle. No evidence of sale and was a delay in notifying dvla. Said vehicle was also not registered by new owner. Have responded to lbc and requested 30 days PAP. This has been ignored and claim form issued a week later. Is this worth pursuing. Only…
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Letter Before Action - Civil Enforcement
Hi all, I’ve received a Letter Before Action (LBA) from Civil Enforcement demanding £170, and this is the first correspondence I’ve received about it. I’ve now realised the likely reason: I hadn’t updated the address on my V5C, so any earlier letters must have gone to my previous address. When I tried to appeal online via…
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Apcoa compalint not success
This is email that I am getting 😩 APCOA's Reply (Anonymized)Good Afternoon [My Name], Thank you for contacting Manchester Pick Up and Drop Off Complaints Department. Firstly we would like to apologise for the time taken to respond. While we aim to reply within the timeframes stated in our correspondence, on occasion delays…
