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IAS DECISIONS (2025 onwards, until - we hope - they are banned)
Post your private parking IAS Decisions here! We had a thread of IAS Decisions last updated ten years ago, and it is closed. Let's show the MHCLG why good people here generally stopped 'futilely going through the motions' for a decade. Please search & find recent IAS joke decisions, good or bad (let's keep it balanced ...…
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UKCPM PCN - Valid Resident Permit Retrieved During Attendant's Visit
Hi everyone, Forum newbie here. I've been reading the excellent advice on here and would really appreciate some guidance on my situation. Background Private parking company: UK Car Park Management (UKCPM) Residential development managed by a Housing Association. IPC member (IAS logo on the signage). The registered keeper…
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DCB Legal £9,000 Smart Parking Claim – Need Help Fighting Back
[Image removed by Forum Team} [Image removed by Forum Team] Hello, I’m looking for some guidance on behalf of my partner, (Removed by Forum Team). He has recently received a Letter of Claim from DCB Legal acting for Smart Parking Ltd. The total is an eye-watering £9,010, which they say relates to multiple PCNs at a private…
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Civil Enforcement Ltd County Court Claim | Defence Help Needed
Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone can help me as I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by the court process. I’ve received a County Court claim from Civil Enforcement Ltd regarding a parking charge at a KFC car park, and I’ve already filed an Acknowledgement of Service. I’m now at the defence stage. I’ve read through the NEWBIES…
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Debt recovery for private parking notice
Hi all forum users. My wife has recieved a debt recovery letter for a private parking notice which we failed to appeal within time. The letter is addressed to my wife as the registered keeper and the next action is court with no option to appeal. Is there any way of getting them to take this action against me as the driver…
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Substantial claim - Claim Form received - Saba - QDR -Harold Wood rail car park - Can you help??
Your help appreciated. Here the keeper and the
driver are not the same. The driver parked
outside the parking bay at Harold Wood railway station on a number of occasions
along with a number of other cars. Daily car park tickets had been paid for but
the car was parked outside a bay. Apparently signage was not visible…
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No Stopping - Gateway House, Manchester 2022 - Moorside Legal Money Claim
After almost 4 years of various correspondence ending with Moorside Legal, I have now received a Claim Form from the Civil National Business Centre. The issue date is 27 January 2026 and I have 14 days to respond. The POC is as follows - Claim is for an unpaid parking charge issued for a breach of contractual terms on…
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Another charge from DCBL
Hello, I've now received a 3rd differen't claim for a parking charge lol. Hopefully the last. This one is for no valid pay and display/permit was purchased. I went to a Weatherspoons for lunch in 2023. I bought a ticket as I have two transactions from spoons same day, one for the price of a meal and the other for exactly…
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Euro Car Parks / DCB Legal - awaiting the discontinuance!
Hello, I've just received a letter of claim from DCBlegal ltd. They outline the 30 day period and its £170 charge blah blah. I've searched the forum for the email address to send the templated response to and came up with: info@dcblegal.co.uk is this correct? I'm happy to take this all the way as the PCN was sent to my old…
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Anchor, Moorside Legal court claim 2025
Family member has received a CCJ claim from Anchor Security Services for the amount of £1350 broken up into £1190 amount claimed, £80 court fee and £80 legal represented costs. Back story: Family member rents an apartment building, when they started renting there was no parking restrictions in place but a few months after…
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All Parking Services LTD
Hi all, newbie here - I received this parking charge from All Parking Services LTD last week. My primary gripe is that I received it after the discount window ended, meaning I can’t pay the reduced rate. I had a read through the newbie post and have determined that All Parking Services UK is a BPA member, but unsure where…
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Moorside Legal, Ocean Parking court claim
HI Guys. I have received PCN for apparently not parking in a marked parking bay at a Metrolink park and ride station. I parked my car in between 2 other vehicles, with another behind me. Having parked up at 12.20pm and returned around 5.30pm. The notice timing states 17:16 and there are no other vehicles around me when…
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Money Claim from Parking Eye
Hello, I wish I'd discovered this forum months ago so I could have done everything properly but I naively thought that I was on the right and everything would be simple to sort out. I received a Money Claim from Parking Eye today. I have previously appealed the ticket with them (and they offered to settle for £20, which…
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First Parking PCN at Newborough National Nature Reservce
I have already contacted NRW (site owner) to request they cancel this. But thought I would open a thread for progress for others to see how it goes… Carpark has 30 minutes free. We were not parked for longer than 30 minutes. The ANPR cameras are at a road entrance to the forest… it takes 7 minutes according to Google to…
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Parking stories in the News/media
To save adding to a post about something else it might be worth having a seperate thread for parking stories in the media Kicking it off is this on the BBC news site"Drivers fined as Durham car park camera 'misses them leaving' yep, its the good old double dip again, full story on the BBC…
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Civil Enforcement Ltd PCN in Free GP Car Park Appeal
Hi all, We unfortunately got caught out in a, unbeknownst to us at the time, locally known GP Car Park where lots of people have unfortunately been caught out (numerous Worcester News articles about it). This surgery now requires you to register your number plate on arrival inside the building. The driver parked up in the…
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UKCPS Permit Not Displayed - Debt Recovery Firm saying i'm going to court if i dont pay?Help/Advice?
Hi Guys, I've had a read around a few threads and can see a lot of similarities with other cases but no direct match with my situation so making a new thread for advice. Received a letter from UKCPS saying permit wasn't displayed with photos of my car with no permit displayed, it must have fallen down the side of the car…
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NCP / Moorside - defence help please
Hi all, thanks for any help in advance. I had a look at previous threads, and apologies if I am being dumb, but I can't find the right template to start from. I have a claim from NCP/Moorside in the Civil National Business Centre. Their wording is: The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C ) for a Parking Charges…
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APCOA/Airport parking
I am in dispute with a debt recovery firm on a PCN I received. The fine was for parking at the drop off zone at Stansted airport back in April. I did pay the fee at the time of my car being dropped off outside the airport however, the parking company are saying that I didn't put the correct time, hence the fine. The…
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Appealing APCOA without expired code
I received an airport parking fine letter from APCOA after 28 days due to it arriving at my old address (I had not notified DVLA yet of my address change) I would like to appeal it using the standard format of not identifying the driver but the option to do this on APCOA site has expired. I tried emailing POPLA (enclosing…
