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Debt Collector knocking, original fine not received
Hi, I’d appreciate some advice. I received a fine from debt collectors (Bw legal) for a parking at one of the Napiers parking lots. too late to appeal as I have never updated DVLA records after moving house. Now they are slapping me with £160 fine. Having read the newbie faqs, I have emailed the collectors to erase my old…
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Total Car Parks - Market Square, Morley - 30 mins overstay - at POPLA
This was initially appealed to the PPC by someone else who had already identified the driver :( It was only £1 for an extra 1hr Initial appeal along these lines 91 yr old, holds a valid government-issued Blue Badge and suffers from severe osteoarthritis, diabetes, and hypertension. He uses a walking stick and is awaiting a…
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PCN for unpaid drop-off charge at London Gatwick Airport - Does PoFA apply?
Has anyone successfully appealed against a PCN, for an unpaid drop-off fee at Gatwick, by arguing that PoFA doesn't apply to airports, because they're governed by bylaws, and so there's no keeper liability?
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Letter Before Claim - Moorside Legal
Hi MSE, New here... I have received a LBC from MSL dated 14 August 25, it gives me 30 days to pay meaning my time is fast running out, leaving me about a week to resolve. I have been looking into how I can avoid paying this and there appear to be several different ways/oppinions. I am self employed, in the process of…
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Parking fine at petrol station – grounds for appeal?
I've just received a parking fine from Horizon Parking for exceeding the 30 minute maximum stay at my local Asda petrol station. The Asda handles Amazon returns and I drove there to take numerous parcels for return. Due to the length it took staff to handle the returns (I think they were dealing with some IT issues) I was…
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Parking Control, Moorside court claim 2025
Unpaid parking "fine" and now I have a second letter in one month from HM Courts & Tribunal Services. Moorside Legal are the ones taking me to court, I parked at Beam Park Rainham for maximum 20min and received a fine, i have parked there many times when i went to visit my friend. Many times he has done my parking via his…
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Atlip Centre Wembly Car Parking ticket - getting it cancelled
I received a ticket from this completely scam company. I appealed to the UKCPM. I got acknowledgement of the appeal, but didnt receive any result of appeal, only later to receive a Debt Recovery notice. The crafty schemers sent the Debt notice well after my appeal date. When I tried to take it to the Independent Appeal…
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UKPC Claim Form Defence (DCB Legal)
Hi, first of all, thank you for everyone's efforts on this forum. These cowboys need to be put in their place! I have won a few appeals against PPCs in my time so I've been fighting the good fight but this is the first time it has gone to MCOL stage. I'm at the stage where I am drafting a defence after spending hours…
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PCN from Marketplace Shopping/Waitrose Car Park in Burgess Hill
Hello, I was visiting Burgess Hill and decided to go to Waitrose. Since it was a supermarket, I did not even think to look for how much/where to pay etc, and I did not notice any glaring signs with prices on. I was there 22 minutes and then left. A few days later I went and parked in a bay that had a sign (not all bays…
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Private PCN when parked on adopted road
New member, first post. I've read the NEWBIES sticky thread. Now, I know it says my case isn't different but, don't jump on me, there are a couple of odd circumstances and I'd like your advice. Private parking operator: Premier Park. No windscreen PCN. Date of incident: 14/8/25 Date of issue: 16/8/25 Date received: 20/8/25…
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Aytoun Street Manchester - LOC Replied - DCBLegal
Hello, Struggling and looking for guidance and wisdom here. Received a Euro Car Parks parking charge issued 16/08/2024. Have previously always gotten away with leaving parking charge chases a couple times in the past, but on 18/06/2025 DCBLegal wrote to me with a letter of claim. I replied by email on 30/06/2025 with a PDF…
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UKPCL and DCBLegal - Defence Guidance
I received following POC mid December and submitted AOS in time. I am now preparing my defence. I will be grateful if someone could please review my defence, and provide feedback in case changes are needed / text needs to be added / removed. Thank you in advance. From defence template I have: The facts known to the…
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Civil Enforcement - MCOL Submitted - Australia Bound
Hi, My son has a parking fine currently standing at £269.08 with Civil Enforcement. We have followed the guides and just completed the AOS giving us more time. We will submit a defence but the issue we have is that my son is heading to Australia travelling/working from next Tuesday, he is planning on being there for a…
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PCN from PPM at rental residence
Hey everyone, newbie here - very grateful for the amount of time and effort that has been put into this resource! My partner owns the car we use, with me being an additional driver listed on the insurance. We live in an apartment block with underground parking for residents. Permits must be displayed. During a holiday in…
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Small Claims Court, CCJ N1SDT . Help with Defence for PCN DCBL Legal Parking outside marked bay
Please can someone help me respond to this: I parked at a friends place late one dark winter evening, with a permit. It was cobbled and there were no obvious lines. I received a PCN soon after in the post, but was shocked! I ignored it. The letters stopped. I moved house and then new letters from different companies…
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Premier Park Appeal
I have got a parking charge issued after 72days of incident. Appealed to Premier Park which was declined with a generic response. I have appealed to POPLA and have received a response from Premier Park. POPLA has asked me to respond to Premier Park's statement. I have drafted this. Can someone read through to see if it…
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NPM PCN Woodgrange Road - Waiting in the car
Hello everyone! Hope everyone is well! I am back again XD I have a PCN from NPM. I am the RK of the vehicle. The driver dropped off a passenger on a side road as it would have been a bit inconvenient for other road users to wait on the side of the main road, they thought it would be easier to turn in. The driver then did a…
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DCBLegal response to newbie template!
Hi, Posting this on behalf of my other half who's been trying to contest a LOC sent by DCBLegal. They've had this response through after using the template in the newbie guides. They're not too sure what the next step is after this and are getting a little bit worried about whether they'll need to pay! Any advice would be…
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Horizon Parking ticket for parking in parent and child bay
Hi, A family member got a horizon parking ticket for parking in a parent and child bay in Tesco parking lot. This was on the weekend in the morning (so it's not like children would be off in school at that time). Is it possible to appeal this? Possibly by saying that they dropped off children before heading off into the…
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Charging my EV at McD and later stung with PCN - POPLA ref expired
Hi Thanks for all advice on this forum I have been reading through it. I want to start a BEV charging thread. Briefly the facts are these: I parked my e-Golf in an Instavolt charging bay in a McDonalds car park when I was on a weekend city break, and proceeded to charge it to 100%. This took 2.5hrs when I had a McD and…
