Parking tickets, fines & parking

I'm looking for advice about a parking charge I got from Smart Parking in Inverness recently. There is a lot of discussion about the behaviour of this company at this car park on the MSE forums but most of it is 10 years old. The charge seems unreasonable but the treat of debt collectors, escalting costs etc. is worrying…

Hi all, Wondering if I could get some help as have been issued a court claim and want to make sure I get it right. Smart Parking/DCB Legal, issues a court claim against me (through the Civil National Business Centre) on the 2 September, received it yesterday in the post. They want £275.60 (the £170 charge plus the court…

Apologies if this is covered in the newbies thread but I couldn't see anything for this specific situation: I got a parking ticket in July and immediately contacted the land owner, and a couple of weeks later- during which time the NTK arrived- they agreed to cancel it (I've got this in writing as it was an email…

On 18th April 2026 I was driving along the A38 in company with my wife. We were just south of Derby. We were traveling from East Yorkshire and had been in the car nearly 2 hours. We needed a comfort break and having stopped there before, we pulled off the road at the OK Diner. Our intention was to buy some refreshments…

Hello, I'm hoping for a little bit of advice. I have read the newbies thread and tried to go through the forum but become a little bogged down on where I am in the process… In summary, I have received 3 debt collection letters for PCNs from 2023 from Trace, related to parking in 2 different Alliance owned car parks in…

Hi, I have been a close reader of this forum as of late and need some help from the experts. I received a N1SDT without any prior warnings or fine letters from CEL, it was literally just this letter from the court which I found strange. I filed my AOS and normally I would use the CEL defence template since CEL normally…

Hi everyone, I've received an PCN from Parkingeye based on circumstances that feel unfair. I have had the appeal to Parkingeye rejected, so would like advice on whether to escalate this to a POPLA appeal. I'm happy to provide any additional info if needed. It's for a car park in Felixstowe by the beach. The car park does…

Updates at the latest replies, ta! --------------------- Hey guys, So I followed the newbie thread, and am now at popla stage with UKPC. My case is very much like this one, https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5431088/ukpc-popla-appeal , apart from it happened during the day instead. I never received a NTK…

I received a PCN for "Obstructive Parking" in Regis Road NW5. My car was pictured as being stationary for just over five minutes in an area that was not marked by double yellow lines and was not a parking bay. From a non technical point of view the car was clearly not causing an obstruction. And if it was I was in the…

Hello all, Looking for some help with a (couple of) parking pCN from UKPC @ Parkhouse Court – Hatfield. Data of love note on car: 7-9-2024 Date of NTK’s: 2 x on 10/10/2024 (date on the letter, received a day or a few later) First off I’m somewhat behind on dealing with this, life’s been getting in the way the last month or…

I have a parking space included with my lease, and I own 100% of the flat. In April 2024, I changed my car and received two parking tickets from UKCPM on April 4 and 8. I didn’t appeal on time because my housing association needed to update UKCPM before I could do so. However, I mistakenly emailed UKCPM directly about the…

Hi everyone, I have followed the advice and believe the last stage is to create a new thread as a final check for my claim before submitting - thanks for your help The Claimant's sparse case lacks specificity and does not comply with CPR 16.4, 16PD3 or 16PD7, failing to 'state all facts necessary for the purpose of…

Hello, has anyone had any joy winning an appeal for parking outside the bay? Admittedly the car was slightly outside of the bay but I appealed on 1 main ground (signage does not comply with Equality Act 2010 sections 20, 21 and 29) and 2 other grounds. The summary is that I appealed and they rejected and they've quoted…

Hi guys, My partners apartments have private parking on site which is managed by Bank Park, you are allowed a 30 minute grace period in vehicle on the site for dropping off and picking up residents, which we take advantage of regularly and then park elsewhere due to there being a waiting list on purchasing a space. The…

Recently, the drop off here has now been changed to chargeable at Hilton Garden Inn at Heathrow Terminal 2 (T2), so I am sure many drivers (especially private hire drivers) will be getting PCN from ECP. So thought I'd share my progress in here to help other people, as well as my friend here who has got the PCN. My friend…

Hi all, I've been a long time lurker on the forum as I've managed to successfully appeal many parking tickets - so a massive thank you to all the contributors! Unfortunately I'm dealing with a particularly difficult ticket on behalf of my mum, who was driving my car at the time (but I am the registered keeper) and received…

Hello everyone, Apologies for any errors, I'm not well at moment and feeling very stressed about this letter :-( I have a LBC from Gladstones solicitors for £170. (Attaching original letter below). I checked the newbies 2nd post and found the 1st reply template - just wanted to double check it is the right one that I send…

Hi I'm looking for advice. I recently received a letter of claim after receiving a letter of notice, for 3 parking tickets roughly in the same location from 3 years ago asking for £485. I no longer have the accused vehicle. I never received a PNC for any of the parking fines and when I asked for proof that they did, they…

Hi folks, I just found about this forum after my appeal was rejected by APCOA :(. I have an AutoPay account setup, so I assumed that it will be deducted when I went on holiday, (a friend dropped me off in my car). When I returned from holiday, not only was I sent a PCN but also the 14day period was past so would have to…

Bank Park sent NTK for not paying. I was about to leave for a 3 week holiday so quickly submitted appeal with screenshot of parking app and banking app , showing I had paid but against wrong registration. The TwinPay parking app defaulted to the registration of a temporary courtesy car I had previously parked there. I…