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Over 35 days since appeal to PPC
Hi all, I received an ANPR PCN from Britannia Parking. There was no windscreen ticket. The Notice to Keeper arrived on Day 16 after the parking event. Following the guidance in the NEWBIES thread, I submitted an appeal as the keeper. • Appeal submitted: 26/09/2025 • Britannia response (not a rejection, no POPLA…
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Claim Form/CST Law/MET Parking BP South Mimms
Hi, I received a PCN for an overstay at South Mimms BP service station in September 2021. My POPLA appeal was rejected & have ignored all of the subsequent correspondence. The claim for dated the 7th December was delivered on Monday the 18th! I will file an acknowledgement of service & would appreciate any assistance in…
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Defence template advice for paragraph 3, which cases may be helpful?
Hey, I have read most if not all of the relevant info pertaining to my situation but i am so overwhelmed with it all! please can someone help and advise? I received a court letter regarding a fine I received in March. I panicked and replied to the response pack, and once I had replied, I received another court letter for…
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Parkhouse Court Hatfield- Another Claim .. oh the joys
Firstly I want to thank the creators and contributors to this forum, Keith P and Coupon Mad were particularly helpful in the past . Its amazing this thread exists and continues to be a cornerstone for fighting unfair parking charges I'm Back here probably due to lack absentmindedness and lack of imagination. Back in March…
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Smart Parking Limited County Court Claim - Angouleme Retail Park, Bury
Hi All, In March 2022, I asked for an advise on this forum about a Smart Parking Limited fine. At the time I made a mistake of appealing with POPLA and got rejected. I was advised to ignore their letters until I receive a a court letter. This incident happened on 27/10/2021, and came about because I paid using the council…
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Double checking my Template defence for DCB Legal fine
Hey Everyone, I use a gym car park which is free for gym membership holders (i have a membership for well over a year). After parking your car, you go inside the gym and enter your car's registration on this "parking tablet" which basically registers your car and your good to go. You do this everytime you use the gym. A…
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Defense Claim for a Contractual Breach on Private Land
Hi Forumites This is the second time i am using the forum and want to thank everyone again for the first instance that you assisted me with. I have been sent a CCJ for a Contractual Breach on Private Land after more than a year. I did search for a couple of cases in the forum and this case i mention below is very similar…
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DCB Legal G24 Discontinuation
Hi, I recently used the information in this forum to guide me through fighting a private parking charge from G24 represented by DCB Legal. They took it right down to the wire but discontinued 24hrs prior to the hearing. Is there somewhere I should post details that would be helpful? I’m really grateful to everyone here. I…
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Defence against G24 / DCBL
Hello, thanks already for the help so far, I've used many steps already in battling this nonsense, now it's time to defend! Claimant is G24 represented by DCB Legal Background - DCBL are taking me to court for £333.84 for "exceeding the maximum duration of stay", in a Homebase carpark in 2019 !?! Pursued as keeper. Is it…
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Help Needed Please
I’m hoping someone can help. This morning at around 7:30am (13th Nov), I was stationary in traffic on the M25 near Cobham with my engine off. I used the time to connect my phone to my car via Bluetooth. The police, who were nearby, pulled me over and issued a ticket for using my phone while driving—even though I wasn’t…
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Missed appeal deadline for Heathrow T2 drop off APCOA parking charge
Forgot to pay the drop off charge in early August and received the notice promptly from APCOA a week later. Then received a debt collection letter from Debt Recovery plus and didn't pay that either (by early November). I have read the newbies thread post 4 and it says to just ignore. If it were mine i would, but it's in my…
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Lancaster Park Virtual Permit
Good evening, We received this one today. Ive not come across a virtual permit charge before. Its near Leeds/Bradford Airport. Lancaster Park next to Costa. I dont have an image of the miniscule warning signs yet. Would I treat this the same as the generic car park/airport rip off PCNs? Thankyou for reading.
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UKPC DCB Legal - parked for longer than permitted free car park.
Hi All - Great forum and great advice. Ive received a claim over 5 days ago and already started putting my thoughts down in paragraph 3 of the template. Ive redacted anything that looks identifiable (I think) on the claim form, and need to do the same for my Paragraph 3 before posting, Im looking for any advice. The story:…
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APCOA PCN Manchester Airport Drop-off
Hi Guys, I recently received a PCN notice from APCOA about a drop-off at Manchester Airport. I know you can usually ignore APCOA, but I don't want it to escalate into a CCJ and affect my credit score. I've also been advised to appeal to APCOA, not admitting to who the driver was, and also asking them to provide the…
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Civil Enforcement - Parking Charge - Bellevue, Greenwich High Road
Hi All, I paid for one hour of my parking in Bellevue carpark in front of ALDI and many other small shops in Greenwich. I decided to extend for additional hour only after 15 minutes of the initial hour expired. So I paid two hours of parking from 15:12 (15:08 as per camera) to 17:29 (17:30 as per camera). Then received a…
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Civil Enforcement PCN
I have received a PCN from Civil Enforcement for £100.00 (£60.00 if paid within 14 days) for parking at one of their car parks in Bridlington on 21st June. I booked via JustPark and have found out I put in my old reg plate (phone autofilled and foolishly didn’t double check). I have already had a rejected appeal on this…
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Letter Before Claim.
Good afternoon all, I have been following the newbie guide and exhausted all other options of getting the “fine” cancelled. I have just received so called Letter Before Claim in the post, please see attached. Was expecting something with more information (reply form etc.). So far have been ignoring all past letters/emails.…
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IVE ended up in court with CEL - Help
On the 16th April 2024 I received a parking charge notice(notice to keeper) from CEL stating that on 10th April 2024 I failed to obtain a permit in accordance with the notified terms. The vehicle is my sons Wheelchair accessible vehicle which is driven by his team PA's to take him to appointments; On the day in question…
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MCOL issue Damn broken .GOV ID service
Urgh! what a horrible pickle I am in. Regarding the MCOL acceptance, the MCOL service uses the .GOV ID service. My original .GOV ID was tied to an old mobile number, despite the 'Contact us if you cant sign in option' I have never received any support or email regarding this account . Due to the urgent nature of my defence…
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PCN from council with a picture of the street, but no car
Good evening, We have just received another PCN, the sixth one within a month...We should be buying lottery! I have recently dealt with PPC'S PCNs, but heard PCN from council is completely a different game? The picture on the council's website reminded me so much of Joe Lycett's parking ticket story. First of all, we never…
