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Do I have a chance to fight or should i pay fine?
Hi Need a quick advice please.
I parked outside the marked bays at a shopping centre. Parking was free, but one of my car’s wheels was slightly over the line and into the next bay. I still received a fine by PCM( parking control management ltd) I appealed to them, but my appeal was rejected. They offered me to pay £60…
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PENALTY CHARGE NOTICE HELP - WRONG VRM READ BY ANPR SYSTEM.
I do apologise in advance for the lengthy nature of this post, but please do bear with. On 11/09/2025 my wife received a Penalty Charge Notice from Nationwide Parking Control for an address in Greenwich, London for an offence committed on 06/09/2025. This is somewhere both myself and my wife have never visited and is…
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CEL Claim via DCB Legal 2024
Hi all, I'm new to the forum and I am seeking advice on what to do next. In February this year I stopped off at Weston super Mare to buy some chips from a chip shop (Frydays) The parking is covered by a camera and you have to put your vehicle registration into a tablet - there are no charges levied to park. The car I drive…
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London Aquatics Centre - Parking Eye - Urgent Defence
Hiya, I received a claim for parking in a leisure centre car park from Parking Eye. I do have a strong case as I did pay (proof shown on my wallet on my iphone). But upon getting the PCN I checked my actual bank statement and saw it did not go through. Possibly a fault with the system but anyway I think I have reasonable…
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POPLA appeal - MET Parking - McDonalds 2 River Staines - Advice on wording please
Hi all. Firstly, thanks in advance for reading my thread. I wish I had come across this forum earlier. I'm currently dealing with a NTK issued by MET Services where I've already appealed the charge and received a rejection to my appeal. Unfortunately, in my appeal, I've already admitted I was the driver My circumstances…
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POPLA appeal - PPS parking - Western Gateway (HM Passport Office) - advice on response wording
Hi all Looking for some help with this “red route” PCN on private land. I submitted the below initial appeal based on newbies thread, and have got the below rejection mail, with POPLA code. I was actually sat in the car the whole time (10 mins) outside the passport office (waiting for my 70 year old uncle who couldn’t go…
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Missed deadline for POPLA appeal - McDonalds Canning Town
Hi all Would appreciate some help with this where my dad got a ticket in the Canning Town McDonalds car park and has been responding without looking up the advice from here and steps... I have tried to summarise where he has got to so far (have told him not to respond further until I can ask here for some advice). Any help…
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Smart Parking Parking Charge Query
Hi, can I just check my understanding re NTK Parking charge (postal only). Alleged contravention 3/8. Issue date 6/10. Smart Parking should have followed POFA and therefore cannot prove keeper liability as notice not issued within 14 days? Q is do I just ignore or respond pointing the above out and decline to identify…
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PayByPhone - NCP PCN - PAID PARKING for 1 DAY but PEAK TIME NOT INCLUDED
Hi everyone, I’ve read the Newbies Sticky Thread and noticed that Crabman mentioned that appeals using the template are now being routinely rejected, so I’d like to make sure I handle this correctly. In a nutshell, this is what happened: My wife travelled to London by train on 14th October and parked at Ely Train Station,…
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Got a parking ticket while charging my EV – unclear signage about paying for both charging and parki
I recently got a parking ticket while charging my electric vehicle in a car park. The signage was really unclear, it seemed to imply that paying for charging covered the time I was parked there. Only after getting the fine did I realise they apparently expect you to pay both for the parking and for the charging. Here are…
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G24 DCB Legal court claim
Hi All Posted about this some years ago and at the time I got advised to ignore, which I did. Have had a read of the newbies thread but just wanted clarification on a few things: Backstory * Received parking fine from G24 for staying in Attercliffe/Meadowhall Retail park 9 minutes over the allotted 3 free hours. Dated 7th…
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Letter before Action - Civil Enforcement
Hi All, Been trying to fight my way through the various chats and posts but failed to see clearly what to do with an LBA. This dates back tio over a year ago and out of the blue they have sent me one. Worst still I thouyght I had naother week but the cheeky buggers have dated their letter 13th October even though I did not…
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Claim form only contains initial, not first name.
Hi there,Just wondering if anyone has any guidence. I am helping a friend who has a County Court claim form and she needs to file acknowlegement of service. The claim form and the parking charge notices have all been addressed to her with just Initial and last name. She did appeal initially and acknowledged to being the…
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DCB legal claim form
Hi, I’ve just received a claim form from DCB Legal on behalf of secure parking solutions. Long story short a van that belongs to me which is used solely for business was parked in a pay and display, but didn’t pay the minimum van charge, instead paid the car fee. I have been back to this car park and there are huge signs…
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UKPC Parking Charge Notice - Misleading Parking
Good afternoon, I am writing in the hope that someone might be able to advise. I have received a notice as keeper for parking at a car park with the reason being "Registered users only" (it's very vague). She had intended to park at the parking for Bracknell Station, but just next to it is another multi-storey car park…
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POPLA rejection
Hi Newbie here so please be gentle, short background of PCN parked in Poole Quayside carpark(Brittana carparks) over Christmas.I Paid £5 something to park which I thought was for 4 hrs, but it turned out it was only for 3hrs. I got sent a letter stating id overstayed my parking by 27 minutes. £100 or £60 if you paid within…
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DCB Legal - Euro Car Parks
Had a letter from DCBL in early June in relation to an alleged parking contravention all the way back to February 2023! I have absolutely no recollection of being at the car park. To my knowledge that was the first piece of correspondence I had received. This may be because I moved house and sold the car a couple of months…
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Court Case Coming Soon - Helping Elderly Man & Need Some Advice Please
Hello, I have just started helping an elderly gentlemen with a court claim from National Parking Management (NPM), He's a bit scatty, can't ready very well & lost most of the documents including the court documents. If anyone can give any ideas or guidence , it would be appreciated as I'm not sure what to do. He is the…
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Parkling Charge Notice (UKPS) – Dragon Retail Park Cardiff
Hi, On Saturday, I received one of these letters from UKPS (see attached): I have read through a lot of these posts, including the Newbies section, but wanted to start my own thread to ask a couple of questions before appealing. On the day in question, I had an appointment booked at the Ford car dealership next door to the…
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HMCTS Letter - Fake or Real?
Hi There My Daughter has received a letter apparently from the HMCTS but there is no PoC on it and it doesn't look very cosha. Could somebody help or advise as to it's legitimacy or can it be ignored. She has been chased for an alleged parking offence with many letters over the course of the last 2 years which she had…
