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PCN Castle Hill Car Park
Hi Received Ntk for not paying within the five minutes allowed period. Downloaded the useless app on entering. Could not complete transaction. Had two grandchildren under 4 so went to ask for help at the English Heritage site. Told it was a private car park and could not help. Once children were settled and in a safe…
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Can someone read my defence?
This discussion was created from comments split from: Template defence to adapt for all parking cases with added 'admin/DRA' costs - edited in 2025.
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Court Claim - MET PARKING SERVICES LTD - DCB Legal - Stansted BP - overstay
Hi Everyone Another lucky Newbie, with Court Claim from Northampton. The claim is after I ignored several letters from DCB and others. I was not driving, I'm was a registered keeper. Claim date: 10/12/2024 AOS done: 18/12/2024 I have copied the defense template, but I would much appreciate if someone could help me with the…
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UKPC DCB Legal court claim 2025
Hi all, I really need some help, I’ve read lots of advice but need more specific advice I feel. I parked in a UKPC car park at a retail park on 20.08.24. I overstayed (I now don’t have the original PCN but it was maximum 15 minutes over). I had spent a lot of money at the retail park and my daughter needed to go back in to…
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Claim Form Received
Hi all. New member here. I've had a "claim form", this from DCB legal. Issue date 17/12/24 (reading the letter states this can be taken as 5 days after this date, so 22/12/24. I have filed an acknowledgement on the Money Claim website. By my calculations, I have until 19/1/24 to file a defence. I know there is some advice…
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Apcoa Railway Appeal Rejected
Hi, I received a penalty notice from apcoa for parking at a station. I normally pay for parking, just forgot one day in a rush. They have cameras installed recently and they sent pictures of the car entering and existing the carpark. I appealed on their website using the following: This is an appeal by the registered…
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G24/DCB Legal PCN - CNBC Claim - Help with Defence Assistance Required
Hi everyone, I have read through all the newbies thread and understood most of the process, and was hoping for some assistance with the dates and what date I have to submit defence via email? I am currently writing up a defence against G24 / DCB Legal. - Claim Form (Civil National Business Centre) issue date 19 Feb 2025 -…
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APCOA Manchester Parking fine
So my dad has received a few pcns and 5 reminders from DRP stating that he needs to pay. I’ve had a read through some of the forums, and mostly just want clarification. A few PCNs and then DRP letters were sent because I forgot to pay the charge on the day. The original charge was on the 19th of April 2025. My dad hasn’t…
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Please help, Moorside legal, URGENT
Hi, Please bear with me on this. I consider myself to be fairly intelligent, and have been team MSE for decades, BUT I have AHDH, and the sheer amount of information in this forum, and in the help posts is making my brain scramble. I have left it to the last minute, as per, my worst ADHD trait, so I really need to reply…
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Penalty Notice Received While Practising in Station Car Park
Hi all, I’m a learner driver and have my driving test coming up soon. My instructor suggested practising forward and reverse bay parking, and said a quiet station car park would be ideal. On 1st July around 9:18 pm, my partner (who holds a full licence) drove us to [XXX] Station car park. Once inside, we switched seats,…
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Parking Eye Ltd
Does anyone have a telephone number to contact this company besides being fobbed off with 03330555 4444 and 01772 450 970 neither of which allows you to speak about anything other than paying your fine or querying your fine. I pressed query the fine in desperation and was told to go their website. I need to SPEAK
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DCB Legal / Smart Parking / Letter of Claim advice
Hello, I'm looking for some advice having received several letters chasing a debt of £170 for a parking ticket back in 2020 from DCBL, which I ignored, I've now received a Letter of Claim from DCB legal. This was for overstaying at Kimberley Shopping Centre, Nottingham. Of course this was a long time ago now, but I stayed…
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Drafting my Defence for Court Claim from MET Parking Services (Southgate Park, Stansted)
Hi All, The dreaded Southgate Park at Stansted Airport. MET Parking Services being represented by DCB Legal. I received the Notice of Hearing a while back, and have been reading through the forum and newbie thread to help me inform my defence. The hearing date is 19th August 2025 at Croydon County Court. I received a many…
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Response to the new Government consultation on private parking code of practice
I was elated when I saw this and just wondered if there's any particular responses this group would advocate so we can hopefully get some weight behind how we want this to go. Its open til 5th September. I've had so much help navigating the hell hole that are PCNs that I want to make sure my answers are as supportive as…
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PCN never received and now letter from TNC - help!
Hi all, Received a letter from TNC claiming that a PCN was attached to my windscreen by P4 parking back in June. This never happened and I never parked on that road so no PCN received. This is the first letter I have received. Any advice on what I should do? Write an appeal to p4 parking as per the letter? Or just ignore…
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Court Claim Form received - BW legal; help with defence appreciated
Hi I have received the Claim Form on 13 feb, via BWLegal on behalf of KBT Ltd t/a Armtrac. I understand I must do AOS on MCOL within next few days, and also write a defence in the mean time. I have looked at the template defence, but I am really not sure what exactly I am supposed to say in paragraph 3; can anyone help? Do…
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PCN Whilst Using EV Charger Outside Permitted Hours - KFC Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham
I recently received a PCN from Civil Enforcement (www.ce-service.co.uk). The location of the alleged offence was in KFC on Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 8HN. The terms and conditions of parking are outlined as "Exceeding the notified maximum free parking period of 90 minutes between 09:00am - midnight/failed…
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Rose of York/Civil Enforcement
My daughter received a parking charge at the above pub & followed the advice by requesting the pub to cancel, which they agreed to do. Unfortunately the charge wasn’t cancelled by the parking company despite further emails & she is now receiving the debt collector letters. The pub has now said, “ I'm sorry I think the old…
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Free parking ticket
Hello all, standard DCB Legal POC. Already completed AOS on MCOL. My defence using standard template with the specifics (I may have to cut some bits to make it fit in MCOL): The Defendant denies liability for the entirety of the claim, which relates to a parking event at XXXX, on XXth XXXX 2024. The Defendant parked within…
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Moorside LBC - any advise/reassurance greatly appreciated
Hello, I’ve got 10 days left to respond to a Letter Before Claim from Moorside Legal. I’d been putting it off because I was just going to pay it, but a friend suggested I look into it properly and check out this forum first. The amount they’re asking for is £340, but there’s no breakdown of which tickets it’s for. The only…
