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Defence for MCOL Paragraph 3 - Please advise
Hi all I have reached the stage of submitting a defence via MCOL for a parking ticket I got from Civil Enforcement Limited at the Northern in South Manchester. I know I was there and entered my car details in the computer screen at reception and got a ticket nevertheless. I also was speaking to the local staff member at…
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Southgate car park Stansted PCN
I received a PCN from MET Parking for overstaying and not paying for parking at Starbucks Stansted. I replied to them using this template I found in MSE forum and I got a reply. Below are the template I used and the reply I received from MET Parking. My Appeal- I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle.…
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UK-CPM PCN – courier delivery (Stuart) – appeal rejected, IAS advice needed
Hi all,I’m looking for advice regarding a private Parking Charge Notice from UK Car Park Management (UK-CPM).PCN detailsOperator: UK Car Park Management (UK-CPM)Trade body: IPCLocation: Private residential estateIssue method: Postal PCN (with photos)Incident date/time: 24/11/2025 at 11:04PCN reference: xxxxxxxxAmount: £100…
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TFL penalty charge appeal help
Hi Forum. I received a PCB from TFL for failure to pay for using the Silvertown tunnel as I was unaware that there was a charge on this route. I made an appeal through the TFL online system and waited quite some time to hear back. There does not appear to be a way to check up on the progress of an appeal and having not…
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Clarifying my best next steps for private parking ticket
Hello, In mid Jan i received a parking ticket on my windscreen for my car being parked in a council estate. There was no signage coming into the estate, in front of where i parked or to the side and i left the areas without seeing any signs. However, there was a small sign on the council estate wall that wasn't lit that i…
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Defence against G24 / DCBL
Hello, thanks already for the help so far, I've used many steps already in battling this nonsense, now it's time to defend! Claimant is G24 represented by DCB Legal Background - DCBL are taking me to court for £333.84 for "exceeding the maximum duration of stay", in a Homebase carpark in 2019 !?! Pursued as keeper. Is it…
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APCOA Parking fine
Hi MSE Forum, We recently went on a family holiday abroad to Turkey for a week. We haven't been abroad for 10+ years. I paid for the Meet and Greet service at Manchester airport. Unfortunately I exited the round about incorrectly and went through the drop off zone. The round about had no clear sign to inform which exit was…
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PCN for Eaton House Coventry
Hi All, I have previously scoured these forums, as well as gone through the newbie section to try and find a similar situation to me but to no avail, hence creating this thread. So a couple of months ago, I went to pick up my mother in law from Coventry rail station and I was in a hurry to return home as I had a sick…
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missing signage
In December, I was given a ticket for parking in a disabled space (Contravention 40). Just to be clear, I think taking disabled space is reprehensible. The issue here was that I didn't realise it was a space because the signage was so bad. The international disabled symbol was worn away, as was the lettering and the box…
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McDonald’s “parking charge” from metparking (McDonalds notice to keeper NTK met parking services)
Haven’t seen one on McDonalds and Met Parking since 2021 so thought I’d make one. Received a Notice To Keeper (NTK) recently for something over a month ago. Looking for advice on how this might go with metparking. We went to McDonald’s to speak to the manager and they said they’d ask but didn’t have control over it. So I…
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Hospital parking charge from Parkingeye: timing PALS, appeal
I got two charges from Parkingeye for parking at a Hospital without paying. The charges where issued 02/02, I only received them 10/02. As a result I don't have much time to try PALS etc before paying the discounted amount. PALS I have written to PALS explaining the situation (below), but there's no guarantee they'll reply…
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PCN for not displaying my blue badge in a private car park.
I am being chased for a parking fine given to me a while ago from UKCPS LTD , I tried to tell them I had a blue badge but on this occasion I had forgotten to display and told them I suffered with brain fog and had just changed some medication and also had a lot of pain that day so I wasn’t at my best but needed to go to…
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smart parking fines
Hi I have had a smart parking charge appeal refused as they say I put in an incorrect vrm. I had put in the correct vrm but it did not registered the last 3 letters (apparentlyy). I had paid for the whole day and was there under 3hours. I am the registered keeper but wasn't the driver which I haven't mentioned. The email…
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Classic CCJ from CEL - Defence post set aside
Hi, Letter arrived last week from DCBL informing me of a CCJ against me and that I owe around £300, obviously this was the first I had heard about it and was led to this forum. Phoning CNBC this week, I found out the offence was in a fast food car park 30/06/22 (Particulars of claim below). I remember that I was a…
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CPM PCN on "private land"
Hello everyone this is my first post here. I got a "parking charge notice" for parking on a piece of "private land" that my whole street has been using for around 7 to 8 months including myself because I recently bought another car and I dont have enough space on my driveway atm. However, people have only started parking…
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Just received an email offering for a parking charge to avoid court by paying DCB Legal £60
As above. They sent this just now to me after I've been fighting a separate parking charge and won by DCB giving up and sending out an N279. I've fought this one similarly to the previous (Link) though I don't recall them sending me another offer after mediation was concluded. Especially since I've just gotten the court…
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DCB Legal/ECP Defence Help (Gatwick South BP Connect)
Hello people, First of all a big thank you in advance to all those who help fight these cases. Have scoured the forum in the past week and appreciate all the informative and successful help available. Any feedback on the below defence would be greatly appreciated. Received a claim letter from DCB Legal dated 16th…
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Smart parking appeal rejected
Hi there, We got caught out by Manchester Airport Pub/SMART parking. We appealed using the step 2 on the Newbies thread, and appealed via the Smart parking website, however, we received an email that stated they would still be upholding the fine. Do we have any other options for appealing? I’m of next steps as all other…
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QDR Smart Parking court claims
It transpires that a lot of smart parking court claims from QDR are actually NE Parking Ltd cases which smart brought a while back.(think they brought NE parking a few years back) @Coupon-mad @kryten3000
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DCB Legal/ParkingEye Defence Help
Received a claim letter from DCB Legal dated 3rd Feb 2026, for a PCN first issued in 2020! This was for parking at PureGym where there was free 2.5 hours parking in the communal underground parking spaces. On this particular day the time spent in the gym/car park was 2hr 58mins. All PCN/correspondence from ParkingEye was…
