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Claim form/dcb legal
hey guys. Any advice would be appreciated iv received a claim form from civil national business centre for the sum of £273.32. The date is from 10/1/2025 at my local gym (which I’d only been a member of a few months so wasn’t familiar with the parking arrangements) I unknowingly parked in a disabled bay which 1. I didn’t…
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CEL small claims track stage
Hello, newbie here. I am looking for advice PCN from CEL in 2024 for an overstay in KFC car park. Initially appealed but rejected. Ignored up until a letter received for a claim to the HM Court & tribunals Service. A defense was filed with the key points: 1. Unclear signage ( occurred between 22:00-23:00) when it was dark…
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Council parking fine - worth going the whole way of challenging?
Hi, I hope you can help. I received a council parking fine (PCN) and my informal appeal was rejected. Is it worth keeping going based on the following or do I not have a leg to stand on...? In my informal appeal rejection, they write "Where you were parked is within the boundary of the Eastlands Past this Point residents…
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CEL Parking Claim. Litigation
Dear All I would appreciate your assistance and experiences with defending a litigated parking claim. I received a penalty notice after parking at an Ibis Hotel in October 2024 and this was despite my settling the parking payment promptly at the hotel reception. The company in charge of the car park is CEL and in spite of…
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APCOA railway station parking charge
Hi all, I have read the newbie thread but I'm confused about the APCOA and railway bit. In the thread it doesn't specify that the appeal is suitable for APCOA however it talks about appealing APCOA later on. Essentially I'm asking if the blue appeal text works for APCOA? " Re PCN number: I dispute your 'parking charge', as…
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Post mediation
I've only recently been looking on this forum but certainly wished I had several months ago when I got my ticket. I have just filled out the n180 form as per a template I found on this forum so I'm waiting for a mediation call , I have already offered B W legal £20 and it seems the advice is not to offer any more. In my…
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Court claim form - Gateway House
Hi All, Apologies I can see there is a plethora of posts and threads on this subject, but as its important to get these things right and I can't find a post identical to our circumstances I'm going to appeal to the experienced members with newbie patience. Individual circumstances are as follows. Don't recall ever…
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No POPLA code?
Hi all I am currently helping a friend of my wife with 2 PCNs she received back in March. Having revisited the newbies thread, an appeal was sent to Total Parking Solutions via email to their info@ email address as I couldn't find an appeals portal on their website. In fact, when hitting the 'Appeals' page on their…
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DCB Legal Court Claim
Hello everyone. First time posting. I know there are numerous threads on IPark and equally dodgy parking companies, but I would welcome some advice. The Car Park for my doctors surgery was handed over to IPark on the 1st Feb this year. On the 2nd Feb, I visited the doctors for a blood test. I arrived and attempted to get a…
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2 County Court Claims from Civil Enforcement
Hi All, I have just received 2 separate claim forms from CEL for 2 separate "PCNs". One is relating to parking at BizSpace, where the vehicle visited a tenant company and been informed by said tenant/business that there is parking on-site and no information was given on any charges or requirements. I then received a letter…
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UKPC Parking Charge for Motorcycle
Hi all, first time posting on here. Apologies for the long post, I thought I would explain what happened, what my thought process was and what actions I've taken so far, and also upload photos of the parking area as well as all the letters that I have received to date from UKPC, so you have all the info. Any assistance…
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DCBL Letter
I have a DCBL trying to recover debt for a Euro Car Parks charge from 2022. I was not the driver at the time. Can I still transfer liability now to the driver? It has not got to small claims yet nor have I received a LBA.
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GBP Management PCN Confusing NTK
I received a Notice to Keeper from GBP Management Limited dated 15 April 2026 for an alleged parking event on 16 March 2026. A brief summary of what took place, the driver went to an establishment that allows its visitors to use the car park, but only from 6pm which the driver didn't know at the time, the establishment was…
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Parkingeye Charge Notice DCB Legal defended claim
Hi I'm dealing with another charge from DCBL Legal (dating back to January 2022) - but stupidly (as I was working and trying to complete the Acknowledgement of Claim and Defence at the same time) I failed to make a note of my MCOL customer number. Today I've gone to complete the defence as needs to be done by 11th May and…
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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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Multiple PCN's from National Parking Control, in a Hire Car
Hi all thanks for the forum and all the advice in the Newbies section. I can see some advice for hire car issues but it talks only of receiving tickets in the window. The tickets I have been sent (4 in total!) have been posted to me, as the car was detected by video camera. It's a car park I've used for years just to buy…
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New Bailiff Case - E.on UK Plc v Safe Hosts Internet LLP
A very recent High Court decision that may be of interest to this forum. BAILII Link: https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/KB/2026/1071.html&query=(title:(+E.on+))+AND+(title:(+UK+)) The High Court Enforcement Officer seized goods at the judgment debtor's address, but some of those goods belonged to…
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PCN – - Rental Car - No Permit – Residential Parking Lot
Good Afternoon, Apologies in advance for a longish post. I've received a PCN in connection with a hire car that was parked in a residential parking lot adjacent to a block of flats, one of which I rent and reside in. I have lived here for about 6 years now, spanning 6 rental agreements, and none of them make any reference…
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BW legal Last stage
Hi everyone, I’ve read the MSE parking guidance and a few threads, but I’m still a bit unsure what to do next. I’ve received a Letter of Claim from BW Legal for £170. This happened when the driver was quickly picking up their father, who has a heart condition. It wasn’t a case of parking or using the car park — the car…
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DCB Legal - Preparing Defence
Hi all,I received a Parking Charge Notice from Smart Parking Ltd and decided to go the militant route of ignoring all correspondence (whilst making sure I kept the abundant number of letters as evidence). The PCN was passed on to Debt Recovery Plus Ltd and after I continued to ignore them, they passed it on to CST Law…
