Parking tickets, fines & parking

Hello, I’ve received a letter regarding a claim made against me by car park securities. The breach of contract terms is that I overstayed by 26m and 9s, and thus sent a parking fine. I appealed, however I did not receive an appeal rejection and when I reached out they said (paraphrasing) they are not responsible to the…

Hi, I've received a (actually, two) PCN from Euro parking Services for parking in a "for patrons whilst on the premises only" car park. It is a car park for a fast food place. I was there for under 4 minutes for the first one and under 6 minutes for the second one. For context, the driver is a courier and parked there to…

I have just received a PCN notice from Smart Parking for Tuner Contemporary Car Park, Margate. It is showing photo evidence of my car entering the car park at 14:33 and exiting the car park at 19:46 . I paid using the Ring Go app as instructed on the car park signs but I had problem with the phone signal in the area so it…

Hello all, I hope you are well. My uncle (RK) rented his car out to a private hire driver for a few weeks. The RK received PCN from MET that the vehicle returned on site within the no return period. I helped them appeal without identifying the driver. MET Rejected. We made a POPLA appeal with all the relevant points, such…

Hi, can anyone help? I'm panicking as l've received two CCJs for multiple PCNs that I was not aware of. I had moved addresses at the end of 2023 and started a new job around the same time. In that time, I also got a new vehicle with my new address on the V5 form around that period. So I didn't receive any PCNs from that…

I’m hoping someone can help as I am getting very overwhelmed. The back story…..Back in Dec 2025 I was sent a parkingeye parking charge notice for not buying a valid parking ticket when using their car park in November. I had paid for a 2hr ticket, via a parking app, so sent them proof of this. They then replied with a…

Hello, Following on from the first ticket, got the second same place, same company... I have done the email, but receiving nothing in post like the first claim?? Should I be worried...

Not intended for comments just a list of double dips and ANPR camera errors in private car parks, with links to posts and news stories - comments elsewhere, intention of this just being a plain list Not ANPR issues surrounding council statutory enforcement and/or highways agency enforcement /DVLA/Bailiffs etc Name of PPC,…

Hi, looking for some advice on how best to approach appealing a parking charge. I've had a look at the newbies thread and have tried to digest the information - lots of very useful points. I am the keeper of the vehicle. The driver has not been identified. No windscreen ticket was issued. NTK was received 3 weeks after the…

Hello all, I received the attached letter after following advice of asking the company to delete my old address via the data officer. There seem to be 2 charges but they don't specify where they are exactly. I had changed address and hadn't been receiving correspondence until now, apart from one letter from DCBL in March…

Hi, i received a parking fine from Civil enforcement Ltd. I think I have made a fairly substantial error in my correspondence with them by admitting my mistake. I did not appeal within the time frame within 28 days but sent this shortly after the 28 days: Good morning, I am writing to explain the circumstances surrounding…

A UKPC/DCB Legal pattern is now emerging, the same as the Highview/CP Plus/GroupNexus/DCB Legal pattern that has evidenced itself over the past few weeks. * Court claim issued * Defence completed * Hearing date given * Witness Statement deadline dictated by the court * Phone call from DCB Legal to defendant * Email to…

Hey, Been reading on this you guys do great help. It's my time been ignoring all the faf and thought it was done but the legal team are in touch! So much information not sure which one I need to send, It's been couple years so proof might be lost but I was wrongly penalised! One my car didn't start I was in gym and it went…

This discussion was created from comments split from: C.U.P Parking Enforcement charge. Is it worth appealing?.

Eddington, Cambridge Sainsbury's carpark Operator: Euro Car Parks (ECP), at Sainsbury’s, Eddington. Parking event: 14 August 2026. Recorded stay: 13:45:26–15:31:49, or 1 hour 46 minutes 23 seconds. Maximum stay: 90 minutes. POPLA deadline: likely 19 October 2026, based on the rejection and code issued on 21 September.…

I have received a PCN from One parking solution for parking for parking outside of the bay for 2 min. I have appealed to them saying I was just waiting for a space to became available. They said I was on the camera outside of the car - I only help my daughter to get out, she than went for her lesson while I was waiting for…

hello all, a little backstory, my partner was driving my car as their car was in the workshop… ended up putting their reg in for an hour parking instead of mine, received a PCN, appealed it and said it’s a keying error (still have the original parking ticket) they came back today and said : “ We refer to correspondence…

Hi there, I've managed to get myself in an extremely wild situation and I'm hoping for some advice. I bought a car in December when I was renting in a flat in South London, the car was therefore registered to that address but the V5 had not been posted yet. Around that time the landlord had decided to sell up and kicked us…

Hello, I have read a few threads that were quite helpful and are somewhat similar to my issue, but don't entirely tick all boxes, hence starting this thread. I would appreciate any help. I have received a couple of letters from DCBL to recover an unpaid parking charge relating to an overstaying fine issued by Euro Car…

:D A happy thread of successes against private parking tickets by complaining! This is an ongoing record of cases where a motorist has succeeded in getting a private parking charge cancelled, simply by making an assertive complaint to the retailer/landowner/cinema/hotel/services (or other misinformed idiot) who naively…