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Parking charge notice
Hi I received a parking charge notice from smart parking, member of bpa because they believe my vehicle failed to pay for sufficient time at Willen lake on 28/08/2023. Date pcn issued was 26/09/2023. I arrived at 3.18pm and left at 5.45pm and paid from 3.47pm to. 5.47pm. reason being car park was full was I was finding a…
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NCP Railway Station PCN
One of my younger family members has received a PCN from NCP for a stay at Colchester North Stations car park. The date of this incident was 4 October while the date of sending the notice is 20 October. Ironically, the driver thought they had paid to park using the MI parking app but they had actually paid to park at a…
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PCN escalated to solicitors, for my cleaning contractor doing my end of tenancy clean - more inside
Hi MSE forum, There’s a fair few details in here, so sorry if it turns into a long one. I’ll try to be concise. back in March time my old flats management co. told us they would be introducing permitted parking for our car park to start in June 25. Our tenancy agreement said we had unrestricted access to our flats…
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DCB Legal Defence Para 3 November 2025 help
Hi all. Thank you so much for this webpage, was really stressed about the threatening CCJ letter. I have submitted the MCOL and will be uploading my defence very soon. Hoping someone is willing to have a quick look at my Para 3. I'm not the smartest guy in the world and want to get this right. I will be using your template…
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seems like a scam
Hi everyone, Been parking in a local NCP for over 2 years and lately been a lot of drug users and homeless sleeping there when people arrive early in morning A few weeks ago a NCP staff member seen the situation of people in there and told me to park in an unused EV bay , when I told him my car was not an EV he said there…
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Unfair parking charge notice issued - no payment machines working
Good afternoon, I have read through the thread for FAQs in PCNs and it contains lots of incredibly helpful information regarding disputing parking charge notices. I couldn’t find a thread that looked similar to mine. So sorry I have started a new one. My question comes in two parts: firstly, has anyone obtained land owner…
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Debt Recovery Demand from BWLegal - No PCN ever received from Newcastle Aiport, Petrol Station
This is my first post, so I hope I'm getting this right. I received a letter, out of the blue, from bwlegal, dated 5th November and received on 29th November. It is concerning 'Dropping Off / Picking Up in a Restricted Area' - namely Skyway Filling Station Newcastle Airport, on 21st August 2025. I was so shocked because I…
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Smart Parking Court Letter
Hi I have done the AOS. Can someone help me draft a response letter? I paid for parking but instead of **** *** the machine printed off ** *** missing off the first two letter. I appealed with smart parking, but to no avail, also tried a POPLA appeal. Where do I send my response letter to? Any help appreciated. Thanks…
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DCB legal letter of claim for
Hi, Looking for some advice regarding how to handle a letter I received recently. Got this ‘letter of intent’ from dcb legal acting on behalf of euro car park for 2 parking charges I received back in 2022. I had letters on and off around then, then they stopped for a while and recently got this letter. Thoughts on best way…
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Parking Charge from UKPC, will appeal, have two options which one to go for?
Received a Parking Charge from UK Parking Control Ltd. I will be appealing but there are two things wrong with the notice so I would like others opinions on which route to take: 1. the parking charge date is 4/11/25. Date of letter 11/11/25. Received today 20/11/25 (of course, there is no datestamp on envelope). Therefore…
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Received first letter of claim…?
Hello, This is the third letter I’ve had for this ‘offence’ which I cannot recall 3 years ago. Not sure why this has taken over a week to be delivered. This letter says it’s a letter of claim but also states that I should ‘deal with this as a matter of urgency to avoid a claim being made’…. Which one is it!?
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Smart Overstay
Hi guys, my sisters had one from Smart for an overstay at a McDonalds.. She bumped into an old friend and got chatting whilst their kids played on the tablets they have in there. The ntk doesnt even specify any contravention or why the charge was issued, it just states location, arrival time, departure time, duration of…
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Penalty Charge Certificate
Hello I would be grateful for some advice regarding the following. I have received a Penalty Charge Certificate dated 11/11/2025 from Lewisham Council, for a traffic offence on 07/09/2025. The letter states that I have been sent a Penalty Charge Notice for this offence. I have not received any previous correspondence…
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Parked on yellow lines
Hello My I've got a parking charge notice and I do not think there is any way to get out of it. The problem is the letter date is 25th of December and I just got it yesterday! The "grace period" to pay is already past due! It means instead of £60 they ask me to pay £100 now. Can I appeal that letter took too long to…
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PCN issued at Matisse road Hounslow by private parking solutions (London) limited - appeal rejected
Hi All, I was issued a PCN by private parking solutions limited (PPS) on 14th March. This
PCN relates to an incident took place on Saturday March 11th on
Matisse road, Hounslow. PPS have rejected my appeal without addressing any of
the points I raised. I disputed the PCN issued by PPS on below grounds. 1. I did not see…
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Advice for Defence for overstay at private car park - Horizon Parking & Gladstones
Hi Forumites Newbie here. I'm reaching out for advice on how to write the defence. I've spent the last few days reading through the instructions and other people's journeys. I've followed the Newbies thread and registered on MCOL and submitted an AoS yesterday (13/10). The date on the Claim form was 06/10/2025 - I have…
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Fine from illegal car park
There is a car park run by Bank Park in my city where I recently got a parking charge notice. The car park was in the local news a couple of months ago as the council had ordered them to shut down due to there being no planning permission to use the site as a car park. I parked there a few weeks after reading the article.…
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Ringo App Fault?
Hi there again! This is a querky one. Parked the car and paid on the Ringo App £7.30 on a Saturday for a whole days parking, this i did at 9.25am 22/10/2025 and was meant to be valid for the whole day. I left the car park the same day at 4.07pm Anyway last week I got a parking charge from APCOA for parking without valid…
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SMART PARKING: DCB LEGAL. Court Claim 2025
Hi I received a letter two weeks ago saying that I will potentially be taken to court for parking fine, and potential CCJ. I have misplaced the letter but I have done the AoS on MCOL website. According to MCOL website: Claim issued against me: 17/10/2025 Received in post: 22/10/2025 My AoS: 24/10/2025 They received AoS:…
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Need help and advice
So back in September I stayed at an AirBnB/Hotel type accommodation. Lots of parking spaces and I in my innocence thought the parking was free. I parked for a period 12 days sometimes going in and out of the parking place 3/4 times a day. I ended up receiving around 15/20 fines sent to my mates address who was the…
