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PCN from GroupNexus but after 14 days
Can anyone advise if they have had any experience of the 14 day notice period for a POFA PCN please? I have received a notice, saying I stayed at a free parking shopping centre but went over the allowed time. The allowance is 3 hours and I stayed 3 hours and 17 minutes. The letter has CCTV, I can only assume it's accurate.…
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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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Parking tickets. Tickets sent to old address
Hello wonderful people, I need advice please. I parked in a parking lot and got parking tickets sent to my previous address. At the time of the charge, I haven’t changed my address on DVLA. When I later got the letter sent to my new address 3 months later, I was asked to pay £170 with no opportunity to appeal. The initial…
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DCB Legal Claim Form
Hello, I've reviewed the newbies thread but getting a bit confused so hoping for confirmation I have done the right thing so far and what my next steps should be. Claim form received from DCB Legal relating to a parking charge from Euro Car Parks Ltd in May 2025. Claim form dated 29/04/2026 and I completed the AoS…
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Ticket on private land when I was asked to go there by the owner
Hi, I've read the newbies bit but got a bit confused about which part would apply, I would be grateful if someone could point me to the right part to read please or other advice welcome, thanks Just wondering what my rights are here, I'm a gardener and someone messaged me a few months ago on a job website asking for a…
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UKPC -DCBL - Tyseley Wharf B11- Defence
Hi all, I'm helping my sister who is the registered keeper and has received the court claim. Driver and a passenger were driving in this spot when driver felt ill so the driver/passenger switched. This took 1min 39 seconds according to the PCN. The original PCN and appeal rejection along with claim forms are all on here:…
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Viability of this POPLA appeal
Hi group! So I parked in some touristic place, yada yada, got lost on my way back to the car and had an old dog with me. Went over 20m on my paid time (360 minutes vs 383 minutes to be exact) I think there's a good chance that POPLA would agree there was no bad intent, but I don't know. Some reassurance or better to pay…
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Parking fine ccj having paid for parking just not within 10 minutes
I parked in May 2024 for 50 mins in a camera operated private car park didn’t pay straight away but after about half and hour (as rushed to chip shop before it shut first) but I paid for a full hour before I left ( didn’t realise was a time limit on paying and was told by chip shop owner it was free so delayed until got…
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Is this LBC real?
Hi, I've been reading the newbies thread and it says a real Letter Before Claim containse a reply form, this one from Moorside legal just has a link to the reply. i know i shouldn't use the rply forms but should i respond to this one in writing with the template letter? Also on the letter they have spelt my name wrong on…
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**** IMPORTANT: BEFORE YOU POST - Personal info in posts.
It continues to amaze and worry me how much possibly identifying information posters asking for help re: private parking tickets put in their posts. The private parking companies do read these forums, and some posters are leaving information in their posts which could identify their case, and this could lead to problems…
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CEL evidence rebuttal comments (POPLA appeal). Breastfeeding mother not paying within 10 minutes.
Background: Driver was a breastfeeding mother. Parked, had to feed her baby, so took 21 minutes to pay after feeding and getting the pram out etc… Civil Enforcement Ltd are the operator and and issued PCN to me as registered keeper for not paying within 10 minutes as per their T and Cs (POFA compliant I believe). I’ve done…
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Parking Code evidence - your images of private parking signs are needed please!
This thread started life as a discussion about the DLUHC's Call for Evidence but EDITED 2025: Let's kick this off again in 2025 as evidence for the MHCLG for the Summer Public Consultation. We need evidence of private parking t&cs signs. If you take photos yourself, please show them as a screenshot to show the date a photo…
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smart parking DCB legal defence - Para 3 quick check
@Coupon-mad, @Le_Kirk I have the usual claim form from smart legal for Overstayed Free time for an alleged contravention in Jan 2022. Issue date 24th Oct AoS submitted 5th Nov, Have used the standard 11 paragraph defence (para 4 untruth statement etc) so wont post it all here and have constructed para3 from these threads.…
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Spring Parking - Reply to appeal contains incorrect parking details
The driver received a windscreen PCN for parking in a permit area, and as per the Newbies thread I waited 25 days and put the appeal in to Spring Parking via email. They did not allow the appeal and provided a POPLA number as requested. So now I am waiting for the NTK to turn up! However within the email reply they have…
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Multiple "LETTER OF CLAIM'S"
Hello everyone, So I have a letter of claim (LoC) from DCBlegal And I also have a 'NOTICE OF DEBT RECOVERY' from DCBL for a separate parking charge. I also have a Letter of claim from BWlegal - and i didn't reply within 30 days so i'm unsure what to do at this stage. I'm pretty overwhelmed by all the information in these…
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Euro car Parks Again
Today i have received this nice letter? I was wondering have they changed tactics to try and make people pay as there is no instructions showing of how to appeal ( i know how to) The invoice is for parking without authorisation it is a pay & display car park, ticket was purchased i still have ticket put it is the usual ECP…
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MET Parking claim via DCB Legal - now at WS stage
I'm in disbelief at the moment for how appalling our legal system is. My wife had a PCN which she disputed and eventually got court papers. I helped her submit her defence which we received acknowledgement of on 15 April. DQ was received and submitted in June. Have had absolutely nothing else in relation to this until now.…
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DCB Legal again...
I have an ongoing court claim, issued by DCB on behalf of UKPC. I received the PCN for not parking correctly within the "markings" of a bay (it was a disabled bay with hatchings to one side of the parking space only). The only way my passenger could exit the vehicle was if I parked my car partly on the hatchings. I also…
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DCBL taking me to court for a parking fine that I already paid
I received a parking fine in the post in summer 2024 because I was parked in a private car park of a restaurant. I stopped there because I was having a hypoglycaemic episode(diabetic) and needed to pull over immediately. I am also disabled, and have a Blue Badge which I displayed. I believe I was caught by a camera in the…
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APCOA Parking Charge in station car park
I’m helping a friend out with this one who is the registered keeper of the vehicle in question. At the start of May my friend received the 2 attached letters on the same day. The first is a letter informing them that the car was parked without valid payment and the second a letter from a debt recovery company. The original…
