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PARKING CONTROL MANAGEMENT RESTRICTED ZONE
I went to visit a friend and he advised me was ok to park on restricted zone on private land. When return got a notice on pcn. I waited and have now got notice to keeper. Although he gave me a vistors pass i did question why should park there and he said everyone does it. Wondering if any point to fight this ie use the one…
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Newcastle Airport UK parking patrol office pcn.
Hi. I've just received a PCN a couple of days ago whilst at Newcastle Airport, the pcn was issued by UK parking patrol office it was issued on the 31st January 2025. My wife had taken me to work and dropped me off at the Skyway filling station at Newcastle Airport next to the car wash that day. She was there for less than…
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Manchester Airport charges
I recently incurred 2 charges when trying to pick up my daughter at Manchester airport, by stopping in front of the drop off zone for 3 minutes. I telephoned them to explain I had paid one fee, thinking it was the pick up fee and obviously unaware I was just clearing the drop off zone fee. The lady said to appeal by email…
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UKPC via DCB Legal - Horns Road Retail Park - DCB Legal court claim 2025
Hi all, I have received a parking charge from UKPC. It was posted (unfortunately, I don't have the original letter anymore). I had parked in the disabled bay and unfortunately due to the torrential rain and my 2 year old having meltdown, I had to park in the only available space in the whole car park to deal with the…
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UKPC POPLA Appeal
Hi All, I have read the newbies thread and I’m looking for a little bit of guidance on the best way to approach the POPLA appeal. Backstory is my wife received a parking ticket from UKPC for ‘parking in a drop off point’, but the she was not the driver nor did she leave the vehicle. The driver left the vehicle temporarily…
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Substantial claim - Claim Form received - Saba - QDR -Harold Wood rail car park - Can you help??
Your help appreciated. Here the keeper and the
driver are not the same. The driver parked
outside the parking bay at Harold Wood railway station on a number of occasions
along with a number of other cars. Daily car park tickets had been paid for but
the car was parked outside a bay. Apparently signage was not visible…
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Parking ticket in my block of flats
We employ i think Countrywide Parking Management to ticket cars without permits at the top of our block of flats. I have a permit, i have parked outside the parking bay for years but got a ticket on 17th dec. What do i do? i am a director I wrote a text to another director asking him, he said call them, i did and just a…
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Parking eye PCN
Hi there this is the first time that im posting on this tread. Short backstory- Machines werent working at car park, tried calling them to pay, they didnt answer. Got a letter in the mail stating that i had to pay 60 pounds, i appealed to parkinggeye. Didnt hear anything until a letter 57 days later saying that i had to…
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Claim Form Recieved following failed appeals (wrong date also)
Ive today recieved a claim form form DCB legal on behalf of Smart Parking for parking on their car park. The date they have claimed is for 11th May 2022. In fact the actual date should be the 23rd November 2022. I have never received any correspondance for the 11th May 2022. Does this give reason for straight strike off?…
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Merged: Urgent help needed - claim defence for DCBL parking fine
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Britannia Parking via DCB Legal, court claim 2025
My mum parked in a car park - date of parking 29/11/2024 - that we've been using for years which, unbeknownst to us a month prior, had been fitted with an ANPR camera with one sign round the corner which was unfortunately obscured by a building detailing the need to now pay to park. We received a letter detailing the PCN…
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LETTER BEFORE CLAIM - POSSIBLE DEFENCES
Letter Before Claim – possible defences? I have received a Letter Before Claim regarding a PCN. The claim relates to an alleged parking contravention from over 2 years ago. The original NTK and follow up letters were not received due to moving house and not updating the registration address with DVLA. So, this is the first…
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NCP Train Station Car Park - camera didn't register exit, used up all of flexi-pass, now PCN
Hello, We commute from Cambridge North into Cambridge & London 2-3 days a week so use the 8 days in 28 days Flexi Pass parking in the NCP car park alongside the train tickets. We last purchased a pass to cover from 12th November to 10th December; we made 2 uses of it on the 12th and 17th November. On the 17th November, it…
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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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DCB Legal / Smart parking ltd
Hi , I’m looking for advice on a claim from DCB Legal which has now led to a possible court letter from HM Courts & Tribunals Service. The claim relates to a private parking charge from a year ago for overstaying in a car park (managed by Smart Parking Ltd). I ignored the earlier letters per se from countless reviews…
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MET Parking McDonald’s Gatwick - validate receipt - POPLA APPEAL SUCCESSFUL
Hey all! Hoping for some help and guidance. As per other members past and present, been stung by not validating my receipt at the Gatwick McDonald’s. We went through the drive thru, it was late and dark after 10pm. We had no idea that we needed to validate the receipt. Also I feel that the McDonald’s staff could at least…
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Parking paid for but still received PCN, now at claim stage with Gladstones
Hello, I paid for my parking at a Travelodge last year under Horizon Parking (I paid through your parking space). My bank account shows the correct amount taken out on the date to 'Your parking space' for 24 hours of parking which I parked for just over 23 (have evidence of location thanks to Google maps timeline). Anyway,…
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What is the difference between a PCN and NTH?
This is so random, but what is the actual difference? I am currently leasing a car for work purposes and have received a "PCN" from Parkingeye, but it's titled as Parking charge notice and not 'Notice to hirer' This letter also has no mention that I was named as hirer of the vehicle. The hire company forwarded liability to…
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Smart Parking hit with CCJ (over £3,300) after 5-year wrongful pursuit – my experience
When Smart Parking chased me for 5 years even after knowing I wasn’t the driver, I took them to court "won" and now they owe me over £3,300. Hi all, I wanted to share a success story which might give confidence to others being unfairly pursued by private parking firms. Back in 2020 I received a Parking Charge Notice from…
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DCB Legal - Letter of Claim on Behalf of Parking Eye
Hi there, I received the letter of claim dated 22nd December 2025 (For a parking fine on date 20/06/2020). Attached is the letter. Please help me with the next steps. I already paid DCB legal £340 pounds in the past as they managed to issue a County Claim related to another parking fine. I don't want to pay them a single…
