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General form of judgement or order/Notice of Discontinuance
Good morning I have received this letter this morning. I have been following all advice on this forum ( thank you so much) and have been waiting for a court date but received this instead. My question is do you think DCBL will take this to the small claims track? Or will they just drop their claim? Thank you in advance.…
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Smart Parking Fine
Hi, I received a parking charge from Smart Parking. Here's a bit of background: I pulled into the car park and realised I forgot my bank card. I downloaded the app specified on their payment information boards in the car park and tried to pay to park on numerous occasions and it kept giving me error messages and failing. I…
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PCN (Code 01) Spelthorne Council despite clearly displayed Blue Badge – Advice Needed
I recently received a PCN (Code 01 - "Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours") from Spelthorne Borough Council for parking on yellow lines, despite clearly displaying my valid Blue Badge and setting the clock correctly and I am quite gobsmacked by it. Key details: * PCN reads: Served on date, by Civil…
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UK CPM GLADSTONES court claim SUCCESS
Hi, hoping someone can help please. I have received a letter before claim from Gladstone in September 2024 and then another letter before claim at the start of October 2024. This is for a PCN which I received for parking 12mins in a car park without paying. I appealed and it was dismissed by IAS. The parking event occurred…
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Email addresses on appeals
I see various people on here advocate that you should give a throwaway email address or create a new one for an appeal. There is one fundamental issue with this. If its appealed and lost , and sent to the likes of Gladstones/ DCB Legal you will often get an email with correspondence attached. Now if you move address and…
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DCB Legal January 2025 money grabbers
Hey, so back in August 2022, my friend and I parked our car in what seemed like a council-owned car park near a shop. It had an ANPR camera, and we were there between 5-6 am. When we tried to leave, we realized the parking machine only accepted coins, and since it was shortly after Covid, neither of us had cash. We…
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DCB Legal response to my response to their Letter of Claim
I received a Letter of Claim from DCB Legal and responded using the generic template in post 2. I've now received an email response from them as follows: Dear ************, We write in response to your recent correspondence received in office. In accordance with the British Parking Association (BPA) Code of Practice, where…
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Letter of claim Bwlegal on behalf of NCP (3 pcns dating 4 years ago)
Hi all As the title says i have received a letter of claim for 3 pcns dating 4+ years ago. They are demanding £600 The evidence is the car i owned at the time driving into a car park and out. What are my next steps to stop this? Or do I just pay the amount they are asking. I dont want anything to go against my record.…
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pcn-3/4/25
Hi, Keeper has received a "Claim Form" for a PCN Claimant - Parkmaven Representing - DCB Legal Keeper wasn't driving at the time Keeper has ignored letters regarding the PCN and subsequent debt collector threats Keeper and driver were visiting a local retail park to eat in a restaurant they eat at regularly. Claim form…
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Received Claim Form from Civil National Business Centre - Total Parking Solutions & DCB Legal
Hi there, I wonder if you can help me out. I received a claim form from the Civil National Business Centre, for a parking charge originally issued by Total Parking Solutions, now represented by DCB Legal. The original charge was for overstaying by 10-15 mins at a village supermarket/post office. We shop there multiple…
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APCOA Heathrow Drop-Off £80 PCN Cancelled - Thank you!!!
Hello, Here is my story. I dropped off a friend at Heathrow using the drop-off zone in December. Like most people here, I simply forgot to pay the £5 charge. A genuine oversight due to the busy traffic chaos Heathrow is. I never intended not to pay the £5 charge. In January, I received a PCN asking for £80 while…
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Initial Parking / Appeal Rejected / POPLA advice required - all stickies/FAQs read
Afternoon all. Hopefully, just some quick guidance required as I've read lots of the great advice on here already. I received a PCN/NTK from Initial Parking this week as the keeper of a vehicle that had "unpaid tariff time" at White Moss Lower Car Park. It seems I'm not alone in getting stung here: lots of reports on Trust…
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FAAC Mobility Services NtK
Hello all, new member here. I was an active user of the PePiPoo forum a number of years ago and was well up to speed with private parking companies, but have been out of the loop for several years now (PoFA / POPLA was a new thing then). Received a NtK from FAAC Mobility Services for a 10 minute overstay in a LNER railway…
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PCN for overstay parking due to broken down Car.
Hello, I would be grateful for any guidance on
this overstayed parking issue due to car broken down. I was issue with a PCN by
CP Plus for £100 for this incident. I appealed to CP Plus / Nexus which was
rejected. But they did state they would reduce it to £20 if I paid in 14 days
as per The Private Parking Sector Single…
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LBA received from DCB Legal
Dear All I would be grateful for some advice. Sadly in November 2020 on two consecutive days I paid to park via the Ringo App at a site managed by Smart Parking. Having recently changed my vehicle I inadvertently paid for the incorrect registration number to park. (Being fairly new to parking apps at the time, I didn’t…
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Smart Parking Antics!
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/25454434.womans-5-000-bill-parking-fines-issued-bull/
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Tower Rd Newquay Smartparking PCN for overstay
Had a PCN arrive today and don’t really know what to do. i ‘thought’ on the day I may have been 5 mins over but the NTK today obviously lists the times for the ANPR which at the time I hadn’t realised they used. Drove in as a confused tourist, queued to get a space, queued to then use a very confusing machine as there was…
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MET Parking - DCB Legal Letter of Claim for Overstay
Hi All, I have read the newbies post and have some questions and guidance. Apologies for the long message. I have had a bunch of PCNs from around March 2021 from MET Parking for instances of alleged contravention of leaving vehicle in a fast food chain's car park while occupants left the fast food chain's premises and one…
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Landowner complaint dcbl/smart
Hi all I'll keep this a brief as possible. I've got a loc from dcbl/smart and I've emailed with standard newbies thread response. The community centre I've complained to has come back and said: "Unfortunately, this company is no longer in charge of the car park and therefore we are unable to intervene on your behalf." Is…
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Lost at Hearing - Didn't Receive Hearing Date - Can I Appeal?
I'm hoping to get some urgent advice regarding a private parking ticket that has gone to the court. I filed my Defence in mid-February and have been waiting for a hearing date from the court. In early August, I received a witness statement from the PPC's solicitor, Gladstone, on behalf of UK Car Park Management Ltd…
