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National Parking Control - Parking Charge Notice
Hi All, Apologies if there are very similar posts. I received a parking charge notice yesterday in the post stating the driver of my vehicle had exceeded the 3hr free stay by ~33mins with photos of the car entering and exiting the car park (photos not parked) The Date of posting on the letter is 30th April and the Date of…
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DCB LEGAL RECORD OF PRIVATE PARKING COURT CLAIM DISCONTINUATIONS
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…
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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, Andrew. 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 car park…
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DCB Legal/ECP claim defence
Hi all, I have until 14/06/26 to submit my defence. POPLA appeal rejected. I thought I had reasonable grounds. It seems that this is a notorious parking scam site, and there was an article about it in a local paper. I paid for an hour, and overstayed by 19 mins at Eype Beach in April 2025 when holidaying with another party…
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Britannia Parking - no time stamp on photo evidence
I recently received a fine for a Britannia Parking site. It used to be free after 6pm, but it has changed this year to include "overnight parking" which I didn't realise. I parked for 40 minutes, and accept that I am at fault. However, the evidence that they have is a photo of my car entering and leaving the car park, and…
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Bristol Airport Charge Notice
The owner of the vehicle was issued a Charge Notice for 46) Stopping in a Zone Area where stopping is Prohibited. Images below. Unfortunately, due to the lack of a decent postal service the notice arrived after the 14 days to pay the reduced charge. Is there a way of disputing this charge altogether? Appreciate that there…
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Parking Code of Practice Consultation 2025 - now let's see what happens
This was a thread to discuss these questions: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/private-parking-code-of-practice Let's see what the MHCLG do next.
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Got letter from HM court after 5 years
Got 8 parking tickets at same place back in 2021. I am a childminder and I used to pick up children from school. At that time they recently changed the parking system so parents could not park over there. I came to know about it when I started receiving tickets. . I contacted parking appeal firm. I did not receive 1 ticket…
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SMART PARKING, DCB LEGAL court claim with local court
I am being pursued for parking despite having paid for parking on the day in question.On 02/08/21, I attempted to purchase a parking ticket while on holiday with my family, including young children. The car park was extremely busy, with long queues at the payment machines. I successfully purchased a ticket; however, the…
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Spring parking, DCB legal court claim
Hi firstly thanks for approving my membership I came here after searching online regarding parking fines, I’m hoping for some advice of what to do next please if possible. i received a letter all the way back in March 2024 from spring parking stating a parking charge was for not displaying a permit, where I parked had 3or4…
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MCOL DCBL Defence feedback / advice
Hi MSE gang, Received a money claim from the Northampton address from DCBL and just want to double check paragraph 2 & 3 are okay. The POC is "vehicle remained on private property in breach of the prominent displayed T&Cs". At the time none of the payment machines were working and this happened back in Q1 2024 so was a…
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Letter before Claim from CST Law
Hi. My husband has been receiving a number of letters from Debt Recovery Plus and thereafter Zenith Collections demanding payment of £170 parking fine. We have ignored these as advised on the Newbies Thread. We have now received a Letter before Claim from CST Law. I have made a SAR to their client and have notified CST Law…
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Smart Parking Limited County Court Claim - Angouleme Retail Park, Bury
Hi All, In March 2022, I asked for an advise on this forum about a Smart Parking Limited fine. At the time I made a mistake of appealing with POPLA and got rejected. I was advised to ignore their letters until I receive a a court letter. This incident happened on 27/10/2021, and came about because I paid using the council…
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Landowner complaint dcbl/smart
Hi all I'll keep this a brief as possible. I've got a loc from dcbl/smart and I've emailed with standard newbies thread response. The community centre I've complained to has come back and said: "Unfortunately, this company is no longer in charge of the car park and therefore we are unable to intervene on your behalf." Is…
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bay sentry / dcb legal claim
hi all I’ve received another claim form from DCB legal issue Date: 06 Jan 2026 AOS filed: 29 January 2026 (after 4pm) Apparently I was late with my AOS, I’ve logged onto MCOL and there’s nothing there only the below Please see POC below
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Parking Charge Notice Lease Car
After some advice please. On Saturday 18th April 2026 I received a letter through the post from my private car leasing company in relation to a parking charge notice: for my lease vehicle. In this letter it stated that they were giving me "advance notice that they have made a representation to the Parking Operator thus…
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Received 8 private parking tickets (£800) for a 1-letter typo in my own rented space
Hello everyone, I really need some advice as I am incredibly stressed out about a parking situation. I live in a Flat in Isle of Dogs and we have a private courtyard parking space that we pay for as part of our rent. Recently, my parents were away so I borrowed my mums car from Swansea, with her full knowledge and…
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Luton Airport Drop-Off Charge Passed to Debt Recovery Plus - No Previous Letters Received
Hi, I’m wondering if anyone can help or advise. It seems I may have forgotten to pay for the Luton Airport drop-off zone charge. I have now received a letter from Debt Recovery Plus stating that I have not responded to previous letters, but I have not received any previous letters at all. This is the first correspondence I…
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Leeds Station - No stopping NTK (UKCPS/Moorside)
Here's another one from the recent no stopping changes at Leeds Station. I won't go into the details as there's quite a few of these on the forum already. However, I have noticed that the letter was headed with 'non-PoFA'. To use their own words against them, surely this simply means they have given up on the one legal…
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Initial Parking - POPLA - Seel Street, Liverpool
Hi there, My son (19), received an NTK for parking at Seel Street, Liverpool. He said that he paid for the parking and showed the payment details. I appealed to Initial Parking (IP), using the newbie thread and copied the blue text. I also added that he had paid for it and attached his bank statement (his ticket was lost).…
