Parking tickets, fines & parking

Hi Everyone, I have received a Claim Form from DCB Legal on behalf of Parkingeye and would appreciate advice on customising the standard template defence. I feel like I am swimming in the depths of words I can't comprehend due to a rise in frustration with the state of this day light robbery. The date of the alleged…

Evening all, Another victim of a UKCPS No stopping charge at Leeds station here. I've submitted my appeal, which felt strong given that the notice landed outside of the PofA timescales. Timeline copied from my appeal below:The alleged event occurred on 27 August 2025. The NTK was dated 9 September 2025 (day 13). The…

Hi folks, Well, it's happened. I have received a Claim Form courtesy of DCB Legal on behalf of MET parking services for an alleged overstay at (346) Southgate Park, Stansted, CM24 1PY. I have learned this is a notorious site for parking PCNs… Please find a snip of the particulars below, issue date 03 JULY 2026 Firstly, I…

ParkingEye / DCB Legal – £488 default CCJ – best way forward before mortgage application? Hi all, I would appreciate some advice on the best way to deal with a ParkingEye default CCJ for £488.44 dated 1 September 2026. This is particularly urgent because I am planning a mortgage application in November 2026, so protecting…

As the title says we have once again received court papers from CCNBC after cel made a claim. We have dealt with them before for the same reason and as it was covid they discontinued thanks to the wounderful people on here. So my father who was the driver at the time and mother who is the registered keeper went to a GP…

My wife is the registered keeper of a motability vehicle that I was driving when we overstayed by 28 minutes. My wife has already told them that I was the driver, before I knew about the letter. I am now waiting for a Letter of my own to appeal. In the meantime, I have written to the landowners and asked them to intervene…

Hi, everyone, I’m sorry to ask for help but I’ve been looking for assistance among the threads and am getting very confused! I just received a pcn for parking without displaying my blue badge. On this date we did park closely to the entry to McDonald’s in a disabled bay as I’m unwell and I needed to be sick. I jumped out…

Just wanted to check whether the defence on thread below is the best response for the Civil Enforcement Limited Claim form? I have done the AoS and just want to get the Defence response in as soon as I can. CEL - Defence — MoneySavingExpert Forum The claim is from 2 years ago so could remove the last sentence in part 3…

Hi all, I received a MET Parking Services Ticket for my trip to McDonalds in Southall claiming that I left the premises. I followed the guidelines hear, tried speaking to McDonalds but had no luck, then appealed with the generic response in the newbie thread. They replied today with: Thank you for your correspondence…

Hi friends I received a PCN from UK Car Parking Management for parking my car in a private road. It was past 9pm and I wasn't aware a restriction existed. The car was parked on a single white line but not blocking a driveway. I have read the Newbies and dealt a couple of cases in the past with PPCs. However, in this…

Received a parking charge notice a couple of weeks ago as the registered keeper for a Tesla vehicle which drove into a hotel car park with a 24hr publicly accessible 8-10 bay Tesla supercharger to charge. The driver never left the vehicle, only to plug in for approximately 20 minutes before continuing their journey. The…

Evening folks. Bit of advice required. My mum parked in a Lidl car park in Glasgow for 45 minutes to eat some lunch with a niece but didn't use the shop and didn't realise there were cameras. She received the fine from Parking Eye and then appealed it on emotional grounds. Only after that did she tell me that she'd…

Hi All, I recently parked in the council owned Brook Street carpark in Chester recently and ended up paying more than expected. I parked at 5am on a Thursday and picked the car up Sunday afternoon. I expected to pay £22 - £2 for arriving before 6am and 4 x £5 for being over 4 hours a day. Instead I was charged £28. I…

Hi so I have recently moved to a new address and smart parking sent me a debt letter which I ignored , today I have had a judgement for claimant through the post wanting £348 , I have seen on other threads the draft to wipe the debt but I’m not sure if I’ve left it to long , thank you in advance for any feedback, have just…

I received a private parking fine back in December 2025. Appealed it but it got rejected. I’ve since been receiving letters from Empira, and now received a letter from Gladstones solicitors saying either pay £170 or they will commence court proceedings. What do I do

Hi, looking for guidance on the attached, friend was collecting me from the marina where I was staying on a friends boat, drop off limit is 10 mins and went over this by a minute. Thanks in advance.

Hi , would like some advice whilst waiting for a permit we had paid for in our own residential parking area PCM the newly appointed company gave us a fine. we contested based on the permit arriving on that day we have always parked here. Anyway long story short is tickets and letters have all been sent to my partners name…

Hello, I was hoping just to get some advice on structuring my defence and whether I have a valid reason to defend my fines. I was a student nurse working through covid, unpaid, and on the last week of my placement I accrued 3 fines in a week as the parking had reverted back to being a paid permit car park, whereas…

HI all, I have received a claim form for parking on consecutive days between 22/03/2025 and 02/04/2025. Bit of a back story on this one is that the carpark is opposite to where I work and I had a verbal agreement to park there by the area manager of Jollies since September 2018 and have WhatsApp to prove this since this…

Hi all, Looking for some advice on a SABA parking charge at Leighton Buzzard railway station and whether I have any realistic grounds to fight this further, or whether I should just accept the £20 reduced charge they've offered. On 29 July 2026 I parked at Leighton Buzzard railway station. It's a pay-as-you-leave system…