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PPC Unsuccessful POPLA Appeal - what to do next?
Hello all, I received a PCN from a PPC (Car Parkers Anglia) for the Clink Road car park (Sea Palling, Norfolk) earlier in the year. The reason was overstaying a stipulated limit as marked by the CCTV / ANPR cameras - paid for 1 hour, total time between photographs was 1 hour 21 minutes (although my Google Timeline states…
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Creative Car Parking - not parked but got ticket
Hi Lovely Forumites Advice needed for a local community car scheme. Volunteer Driver drives in and collects person for an appointment & delivers them back a couple of hours later, at no point were they parked. A week or so later they receive a parking fee by post. They write and explain they just collected and then dropped…
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Request to submit defence after set aside - smartparking
Hi quick question and a situation I haven't come across yet. I recently succesfully went to court for a set-aside of a CJJ on the grounds it was improperly served. There is a story to this I'll post another day and @Coupon-mad thank you for everything you do. Judge agreed to award set-aside and all costs. However he also…
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Oxford City Centre PCN
Just wanted to post this in case anyone else gets one. They can be beaten. Visited Oxford city centre, that was my first mistake. They have a "temporary" scheme where you have to pay to use some roads, £5/day. That evening I tried to pay, but their website was broken. There was a note on there saying "if you get an error,…
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Payment Returned and then PCN (ParkingEye)
I tried to pay for parking on an app (evology at Fantasy Island) but it timed out. I received a "payment sent to Evology" notification from my banking app so I assumed it was paid. Get home and I've been sent a PCN from ParkingEye. Check the Evology Parking App and there's no record whatsoever. Check my banking app and the…
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(UK) Saba parking fine for parking in the incorrect zone in the hospital (i'm staff)
So, i pay a permit of £20 per month to park at the hospital as staff. One day i was late for work and decided to park in ZONE 1 as a one time thing which is closer to the hospital - I am only permitted to park in ZONE 3. I received a PCN, for failure to obtain a valid permit. So far i haven’t paid it, this was 15 days ago…
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Notice to Keeper - Napier Parking
Hi forum, Been done in by Napier parking, other half has received NTK as the car is registered in her name. Dad has dementia and told me his tablets were ready to collect, bit of a rush so I went in to town to sort, only to get there and actually check on his phone + with my sister (turns out she gets the reminders…
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Civil Enforcement - Unable to submit appeal after online portal closed no alternative contact method
Hi all, I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction as I'm unsure what my next step should be. I've received a Parking Charge Notice from Civil Enforcement relating to an alleged overstay in the car park at a KFC restaurant. Background Parking event: 17 June 2026 Notice to Keeper issue date: 23 June 2026 Notice…
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Need Advice – Fighting UKCPM PCN at Rathbone Market (110 Barking Road)
Hi all, I’ve just received a County Court Claim Form from UKCPM, issued via the County Court Business Centre, after months of letters from BW Legal. I’ve now acknowledged the claim on MCOL and want to fight this properly — but would really appreciate some outside perspective. Background: * Alleged incident took place at…
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OBServices - DCB Legal - Claim form - Defence advice (Now Discontinued)
Hi, I'm after some advice on how I should word paragraph 3 for a defence submission via MCOL please. I've read newbies and template defence threads. AOS was submitted via MCOL 1st Dec, 5 days after issue date of 26th Nov. Here are some particulars: Date: 07/04/2022 (!l The overstay to best of our recollection was only a…
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Gladstones Solicitors Letter before Claim
Hi, Horizon Parking have tried this on me before but it went away, this time I've had a solicitors letter. Horizon are claiming I strayed 7 hours in 2 hour stay car park at the local Tesco. The fact is I went there twice that day. Their letter showed 2 pictures, me arriving in daylight and leaving in the dark, it appears…
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Smart parking/DCB Legal Ltd Claim form help
Hello, I’m so sorry to be a little pest but im quite dumb as fudge I’ve spent ages looking up and down these threads to help fill out my defence part on the MCOL site I’ve done the AOS part, but the defence part im like Jesus where do I begin. All new to this (sorrry) Short story: my parking fine was back on 03.12.2023 at…
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A new type of scam
Not sure if folks here have seen this before, but I just got an SMS, iMessage to be precise from ParkingEye letting me know that they are they are more interested in ensuring I make the right payment rather them tacking on additional fees 🤣. Pasting the message as received. I am redacting the payment link in case someone…
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CEL in-house Court Claim
Hi Everyone, I have received a money claim from Civil national business center. Particulars of Claim, Claim for money relating to a parking charge for breach of contract terms/conditions(TC) for parking in private car park (CP) managed by claimant. Drivers may only park pursuant to TCs of use displayed in CP and agreed…
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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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Gemini Parking Appeal
Hi all, received a PCN from Gemini Parking Solutions for the registered keeper which is me, however it was my partner who was driving. That’s the first issue. Second issue is that we thought we paid for parking but poor phone signal prevented the payment from going through, which we didn’t realise until now! So my partner…
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DCBL Notice of Debt Recovery (£660) – Horizon Parking – Premier Inn Guest – Advice Needed
Hi everyone, I would be grateful for some advice regarding a private parking matter. I am the registered keeper of a vehicle that has now received a DCBL Notice of Debt Recovery for £660 relating to four Horizon Parking Charge Notices issued at Premier Inn Folkestone – Channel Tunnel. Background The driver stayed at…
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A thread of Pictures of parking firm NTKs
Notice to Keepers: ACE Security Services POFA-ish https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80623847/#Comment_80623847 All Parking Services no 'period of parking' & adds £1.95 https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81916556/#Comment_81916556 AM Parking (PCS/DR Plus) non-POFA & £120…
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DCB LEGAL, NPC Court claim
Hi, I've received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from National Parking Control (NPC) and need some advice on how to proceed. Details: * Date of Parking Event: 27/07/2024 * Observation Time: 21:40 * Amount Due: £100 * Reason for Issue: Parked on a Roadway Where Prohibited * Date of Posting: 30/07/2024 * PCN Received:…
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DCBL not backing down
I've seen it said in several places elsewhere that DCBL always back down. Here's their latest reply to the driver on this case. Looks like a stock reply to me. The letter to which they are responding is below. DCBL email 4/8/26: We write in response to your correspondence received in our office. We now respond to the same…
