Parking tickets, fines & parking

Hi all, I'm asking on behalf of my family member. She purely forgot to pay for the parking on the day she was running late. She usually pays for the parking on a daily basis at a car park near her work. Now she has received a letter from Park Bank asking her to pay £100 (reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days of the date of…

I recently discovered a £277 CCJ dated 24 August 2026, relating to a Britannia Parking charge from October 2025 (Enterprise rental car). I moved from Bradford to Sheffield in February 2025, but all correspondence and court documents were sent to my old address. I only discovered the judgment on 19 October 2026 while…

Hi all, DCB legal are claiming against me and sent a letter of claim. I responded with the template email advised in the newbie section, see below: I confirm that my address for service for the time being is as follows, and any older address must be erased from your records: xxxxxx (address) You should revert to your…

I had a parking invoice today for £100 from Eurocarparksfor over stay on Morrisons car park. I rang Morrisons Customer Services 0345 611 6111 and explained the situation. They asked was I a Morrison Card holder, took the details from my card and from the Parking Invoice and within an hour I received an email to say the…

I parked at the location for work. The physical payment machines on-site are incredibly slow (taking up to 5 minutes to issue a ticket), so I used the Ring Go mobile app (recommend via signage in carpark).However, the NCP app has a major technical limitation: it does not allow retrospective payments for the whole day or…

Hi All, I'm looking for some advice please. I've been issued with a claim for an unpaid parking charge. The claimant is Parking Eye and their legal representative is DCB Legal. TBH, I don't really understand why they are still pursuing this as it relates to an incident from 21/4/2023. The vehicle to which the PCN relates…

Hi all, I've read the newbies thread and would appreciate a check of my draft defence. Claim: Horizon Parking via DCB Legal. Issue date 14 Oct 2026. AoS filed online 20 Oct, so the defence is due 16 Nov. Background: 4 PCNs at a Tesco customer car park (2 hours free, ANPR), Aug–Sep 2023. The overstays shown are probably…

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Hi all, I am new to this but i have looked at the articles a couple of times in the last couple weeks when i had to acknowledge the claim and i followed your guide, Thanks for that! As said I am new to this so would appreciate some guidance. To give some background, I stopped on a side road on a friday afternoon the side…

Hi guys! Another one of these posts regarding these frauds. First of all - I just want to say that I HAVE read the newbies thread - multiple times. I have also searched the forums, and read a lot of other people's threads. This isn't an attempt at having the same multiple repetitive answers given to priors, but I'm…

Hi, Newbie here and I am desperate for help. This relates to parking fine from smart parking ltd. The landowner is well documented not to respond (this i have discovered thanks to this forum!) Sequence of events for info (apologies for length of message I am stressed and not sure how to explain clearly, sorry): Got a…

Hi all, Received mooresides standard LOC with usual forms. Just to confirm i have read the newbie thread correctly i should reply with the following. Dear Sirs, Your Ref. ############ Proposed Legal Proceedings Claimant: xxxxxx xxxxxxxx Ltd I refer to your your letter of claim. I confirm that my address for service for the…

Hello, I've spent the past few days reading through threads on the forum as well as the stickies, but can't anything similar to my question (other than older threads, which I assume are out-of-date with the advice now) so hopefully you knowledgeable people are able to help me... I received a NTK by post on 31/07/25 (dated…

After not corresponding with any typical debt collector letters I have now received a claim form attached: My wife had unknowingly parked my car in a private car park for about 10 minutes. Unclear signage. I am the registered keeper but I was not the driver. I intend to file an Acknowledge of Service and start a defence…

Hi all, I recently got a PCN through from Gatwick drop off I stupidly forgot to pay the drop off this time!! - its new supplier is Times Parking a member of IPC. I have received a "Parking Charge to Keeper" Have been reading the forums/ posts about the wording to use, but two factors at play here: 1. it's a car registered…

Hello, I've read the NEWBIES thread and the Template Defence thread, including the 8 steps. Claim form details below. Claimant: Total Parking Solutions Ltd (BPA member) Solicitor: DCB Legal Site: Pets At Home, Nuneaton CV11 4HR (ANPR, free car park) Date of contravention: 10/07/2024 Claim issue date: 27/08/2026 AOS…

Good morning everyone, I got claim from Gladstones. It is about beefeater luton parking. I went to pickup my friends from the airport and stopped for a pint but went through back doors and then went outside, finished and left and apparently there was a tablet next to main entrance to register your plates. I was the…

Hi all, So I've been a reader and advice follower on all things parking ticket related for a while, but this is my first post. I've used your advice on a number of occasions and got away without paying a zot to the man, though in all fairness, each ticket fought I staunchly believe I had good cause to win but your advice…

I was hoping for advice regarding a claim I have from DCB legal for Euro car parks. They are claiming for us overstaying the maximum time period allowed (3 hours free parking, we stayed 3 hr 27 min). Unfortunately we did not buy anything from the stores there at the time but we did end up buying curtains and a sofa from…