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£100 charge for breaking 15 minute limit at petrol station
Hi guys, I'm back again, as you've all been incredibly helpful before, I was wondering if I could squeeze some more knowledge from you. My partner received a PCN the other day for £100 for overstaying at a petrol station while collecting a parcel from there. The kicker? It has a max limit of 15 minutes. She was clocked at…
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Euro Car Parks / DCB Legal – 2025 Defence to Old Debt Claim
Good evening, I have received a letter from DCBL ltd for the well know sum of £170 regarding a PCN issued by Eurocarparks back in 2020, September. Reason for it was overstaying by 10 minute, or so, in a petrol station. I believe I eventually paid it, but cannot say for sure. I have no trace pf payment and threw away a…
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Horizon/Tesco Parking Fine - LBC from Gladstones
Hi all, Looking for some advice around an LBC I've received from Gladstones. I received the letter to my current address, whereas all the previous correspondence of the fine which related to May last year went to an old address I hadn't been present at for well over a year. I do acknowledge some fault in that as I hadn't…
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Help needed: multiple tickets in a row for parking outside my own house
Dear All, I have been living in a residential area for many years. Each property has their own allocated space, but there is plenty of available parking spaces on unlined roads for some of us who own an additional vehicle. Most of the residents in my estate do. The estate management company has recently introduced parking…
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UKCPS Ltd - Online appeal form not useable.
Hello I got a NtK from UKCPS after overstaying in a retail park in Skegness. I've enacted Plan A to the site owner and retailers. I've also tried to appeal (blue template) as the RK to the PPC via the website on the back of the NtK but it doesn't work. There's no way to select 'reason' so it appears to have defaulted to…
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APCOA Stansted airport
Good morning all, back in May I went to collect my disabled dad and brother from the airport. This was on Friday around 20:00. I had been using the airport for quite a while and was used to paying at the barrier system. By the time I realised that payment had to be made online, it was already Sunday, so I had missed the…
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Premier Park PCN
Hi, I have read the Newbies thread and I have a question. It looks like the wife, who had taken the little ones out, took 15 minutes paying for a ticket (3 hours). She left 10 minutes after it's expiry. Should I include the parking ticket in my evidence in the initial appeal or leave it out for now? [Image deleted by Forum…
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Visitor Permit Parking Contract Condition Change without Notice to Residents
Dear MSE Forum, Any feedback on the PCN detailed below, would be greatly appreciated. :) Car park management company: NPCBasis for appeal: A contractual condition change (length of stay for visitor permits) was not communicated to residents or regular visitors and was simply amended on the signs (Using stickers as shown in…
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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…
