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Parking tickets, fines & parking
Discussion List
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Initial Park at Abersoch Village Hall
We parked, entered reg and paid at machine. Received a ‘fine’, appealed to land owner, who just kept forwarding straight to Initial. initial said we had not paid, we provided bank statement showing payment and more than enough to cover time of stay. They then changed the issue to say we didn’t enter reg correctly, without…
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Parking Eye
Hi, I parked in a car park for 11 minutes and did not leave the car as I decided I didn’t want to park there, didn’t realise I even had to pay driving through the car park as you do it on Ringo. I was there for 11 minutes. I have ignored the letters and got this one through today. Any suggestions on what I should do…
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Times24 PCN following NCP takeover
Hi all. Following advice from other similar threads I thought it best to open my own for advice. On 29-07-2026 we received 5 PCNs dated from 18-05-2026 to 11-06-2026 to state non payment of parking. For the 5 incidents I paid using the regular NCP app I have used multiple times previously and payment has been taken. I…
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Breathing space and dispute
be gentle I’m not great and get overwhelmed by this stuff. I’ve just received a letter saying I can’t appeal ( euro/ dcbl) Two tickets dated 2024. First communicating since I paid all out standing tickets last year. I believed I’d paid all tickets (and they would have added these on to what I had outstanding ) In 2025 I…
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APCOA, ZZPS, GCTT, QDR all ignoring the evidence
Hi all! I have been getting chased for a parking offence in October 2025 (Liphook train station). I never received the initial notice and apcoa wouldn't talk to me as it had been passed to ZZPS. I gave ZZPS my ringo receipt on the day I got the letter (21st Jan 2026), they didn't care and it went to GCTT (18th Feb 2026) so…
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Heathrow drop off PCN £40 APCOA Cancelled
Dear all, I forgot to pay the drop off charge at LHR on mid April 26. Received a PCN for £40. Appealed on line as per recommended template, submitted on 1 May 26. I appeal as keeper. I am not obliged to identify the driver, and I decline to do so. I appeal on the following grounds: You are unable to transfer liability to…
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UK Car Park Management
Hello everyone, I am not sure if I am posting in the right place, forgive me if I am not. I have been giving a ticket by the company who are monitoring the car park for my housing association, I have a permit to park in unnumbered bays but unfortunately there were no spaces available and I had no option but to park on…
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Euro Car Parks / DCB Legal claim form - major keying error, ECP admitted payment in writing
Claim issue date is 11 August 2026, so I make my AOS deadline 30 August and my defence deadline 13 September. I haven’t filed the AOS yet but I’m doing that this week. The claim is for £183.84 plus £35 court fee and £50 legal costs, so £268.84 in total. Site is Eastgate in Louth, Lincolnshire, which is ANPR. Reason given…
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Civil Enforcement Ltd County Court Claim | Defence Help Needed
Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone can help me as I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by the court process. I’ve received a County Court claim from Civil Enforcement Ltd regarding a parking charge at a KFC car park, and I’ve already filed an Acknowledgement of Service. I’m now at the defence stage. I’ve read through the NEWBIES…
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Smart Parking demanding nearly £1000
Two months ago I experienced an attack of Gout which made walking incredibly painful. I live on a canal boat which was moored adjacent to a private car park. In the evenings this carpark is completely deserted. On a few occasions I parked in the evenings in the car park while transferring work equipment/shopping into my…
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National car parks (Moorside Legal Services LTD) Court claim
Hi Seems i have recieved a letter of claim, is this valid, i dont think they would use HM courts. If so just wanted to confirm the next steps, loink to thread. date of service is 5 days after issue date so I must send back by 15.02. Also do I need to put my income and employee details am very uncomfortable with this. Thanks
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Smart Parking via DCL Legal Claim
Hi All, Thank you for all of your advice on this subject, it has helped a great deal. I have received a claim form / threat of CCJ for a parking fine in July 2022. I have submitted AOS and about to submit defence via MCOL. Do I tick yes or no for making a counterclaim? (I have said I defend ALL of the claim). Also, do I…
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Parking fine during medical emergency
Hiya I've received a parking fine from carparkers.co.uk for a 19 minute stay in a car park because I had to pull in somewhere to deal with my son having a hypo (diabetes) which is time sensitive. Before I found this forum I had submitted an appeal (which may not be the right thing to have done reading this) citing this,…
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Euro car park @ the water edge car park
hi guys, I have been sent a parking charge notice by the Euro car parks who are managing the car park owned privately by M&B ( Mitchells & Butlers ) pub and restaurant, apparently the water edge car has two areas of parkings, the one on the left is owned by M&B pub which is private and the other one on the right is for the…
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Oak Legal Services - Letter Before Claim
Hi there, i have just received a letter from the above, which reads as: "We have been instructed by LDK Group Limited to obtain payment of the above Debt from you. The letter of claim is sent to you in accordance with the Civil Procedures Rules and the Pre-Action Protocol for Debt claims('PAP')" The dates of the offenses…
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BW legal parking
Hi all, looking for some advice! Over a year ago, my sister came to visit me in my flat that was managed by UK CPM. At the time, my building manager hadn’t set up my visitor permit account with Sippi so he manually approved my visitor permits via email (which I have). Despite this, all my siblings received PCNs. Over the…
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POPLA rejected appeal
Hi all. Got a Horizon parking ticket back in May for staying longer than 15 mins in a Tesco car park on a Sunday. The store was closed and apparently you can’t stay for longer than 15 mins. I was there for like 30. I appealed to POPLA and Horizon came back with photos from 2024 showing that they have signage. I appealed…
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NCP parking Charge
Morning I received a parking charge to keeper from NCP. The date of incident 20.5.26, date sending letter 30.6.26, letter received in post 7.7.26. Not sure who was driving, as incident going back to May, also we received notice 7 weeks after the incident.
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APCOA Court Claims
Can i suggest we stop saying APCOA dont issue court claims This is no longer true , it obviously was true but is no longer the case
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Claim form from DCB Legal LTD
I am back again for your support my fellow colleagues. DCB Legal LTD has issued me a claim form for a 2hrs free retail car park in 2023. The below are the particulars of cliam The parking company is called OBSERVICE PARKING CONSULTANCY LIMITED Claim issue date: 12 Dec 2025 1. The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant…
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