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Smart Parking turned into Debt Recovery Plus - Looking for advice
Morning, So I received a Smart Parking Notice on the 12th August 2024, for a contravention dated 26th July 2024. For note, parking was paid for 4 hours on the app between the times of 1.04pm - 4.04pm at Tower Road, Newquay (when the vehicle was actually parked) The car park was left at 4:03:37pm - although the vehicle was…
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Stansted PCN from NSL
Hi all, I have received PCN from NSL at Stansted airport which I have appealed (see photo below). The response letter from NSL (photos below) leads me to believe that I may have a strong case to win an appeal with POPLA. If it helps, this is approximately where I was parked (red circle): According to Street View, there are…
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Letter of claim
Hi all, i need some advice. I received a penalty charge notice from Smart parking almost 3 years ago in June 23. I moved house in Dec 2023. This week, in April 2026 i received a letter of claim from Dcb Legal demanding i pay £170. This was for parking for 19 mins, at the Cat & Fiddle pub in Macclesfield, while i checked if…
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BW Legal Letter of Claim - UK Car Park Management - £170
Hi, First time poster here and I'm doing my best to get it right. I know there are other threads on here in regards to BW Legal sending Letter of Claim and according to the Newbies thread, I should just send them a template email to get lost, however, I just wanted to make sure that that template still applies. Here's what…
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IAS appeal - Smart parking - disabled driver
hello Last month I visited a car park in Wilmslow (Spring St Multi Story) and parked in a marked disabled bay with my blue badge clearly showing. I checked the parking signs which was a council run sign saying blue badge holders park for free. I displayed my badge and went into town A week later I received this parking…
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Gladstones taking me to court for UK CPM
Hello guys, Thank you for all the wonderful job you guys are doing, I must say I am well impressed by the amount of cases you guys have dealt with so far. I received a county court claim form last week from Gladstone solicitors in regards to a parking ticket from from PCM last year June . I was ordered to pay £270 or…
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PCN - Parking Fine
Hey all! I am hoping for some advice, so any would be appreciated! On Friday, 24/04/2026 I received a letter from a balliff company telling me it’s a final notice for a penalty charge that occurred on the 14/12/2026. This is the first time I had heard or seen of this, I had no idea it was even happening. It is a car…
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DCB Legal LoC (1 of 3 PCNs) Doncaster
Hi everyone, I’m starting this new thread as I reported my previous post for removal due to some confusion and incorrect information. I want to make sure I’m following the expert tactical advice correctly. The Situation: Location: "Pull-in Bay" at White Rose Retail Centre, Doncaster (Greggs/Subway site). Operator: The…
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East Midland Airport PCN VCS
First of all I am sorry if i should not of started a new thread but ihave read a few of the ones similar to this and everyones story is a different scenario. This is my car and I dropped my partner off at adjacent to the BP garage at EMA like I have done previously. The car would of stopped for 10/15 seconds but I guess…
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Ultra Low Emission Zone PCN
Hello I just received a PCN for driving into Pinner on the 18th I did pay the £12.50 ULEZ charge but it appears my email receipt is for the 19th April so I've paid for the wrong day. Do I have much chance of them accepting payment for the wrong day ?
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QDR are clueless
I dont think so do you…… I really dont like their tone either Go ahead spend your money ! We are writing to you in relation to Claim No. ******** in which you are the Defendant. In accordance with CPR 17.1(2)(b), a party may amend a statement of case with the written consent of all other parties or with the permission of…
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Parking tickets sent to wrong address
Hi guys. I've been looking through the newbies thread, along with using the parking fines chatbot, but I am still having issues working out what my next step should be. This is the situation I am currently in: Back in December, I was about to go over the free parking allowance in an ASDA car park. When I went to pay for…
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LBC from Gladstones
Hi, so I received a PCN back in August last year. For context, I was delivering parcels via amazon flex to an address. To get access to the property there were gates blocking the entrance of both the pedestrian and vehicle access points. There was a small section of road just before the gates, and I was waiting in my car…
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Civil Enforcement Court Proceedings help
Hey all, My partner received a letter from the court yesterday, Civil Enforcement claiming an unpaid PCN. I'll try and keep the history as brief as I can but I think the details are important. In July 2023 my partner received a PCN from Creative Car Parks. There is a car park just down the road from us she used without…
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New DCB Legal claim
Hi all, I recently received court claim forms from DCB Legal (on behalf of Parking Eye) for a parking ticket received in May 2022. I have submitted my AOS and currently in the process of drafting my defence using the template defence and other threads on here, and I will post this up when it's complete along with full…
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Another Britannia Parking Charge
Received a Britannia Parking Charge. See amended URL's below showing redacted…
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Civil Enforcement Ltd Letter Before Action - advice on template response
Hello everyone, I have read the NEWBIES thread and Post 2 carefully before posting. I have a CEL LBA (direct from CEL, not via a solicitor) and would be grateful for advice on the correct response template to use and where to send it. BACKGROUND Date of Event: 19 January 2024 Location: IBIS Heathrow Hotel, 112 Bath Road,…
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Moorside Legal - CCJ - N244 Help
Hello, I've been reading back through various threads which are similar cases to mine. There's some really helpful info on here! I thought I'd post my issue to see if anyone can help me a little further. A CCJ was made against me by UK Parking Control on 27/05/25. Moorside Legal are acting on their behalf. I first became…
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Time of alleged breach per the NtD differs on Notice to keeper.
As the title says, my Notice to Driver is states a time of 10:02 am and the Notice to Keeper states the alleged breach as 10:05 am. The alleged breach is for parking outside of a designated bay. I appreciate it is only 3 minutes, but does it help my appeal?
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Euro Car Parks - Charge for using Petrol Station Car Wash
Good Morning All, I have received a "Parking Charge" recently for spending around an hour in a petrol station, however I am planning to dispute it because I was not just parked in the place, I was using its services and handling the fact that the manager was being difficult and dishonest with me. Here is what happened: 1.…
