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Parking tickets, fines & parking
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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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POPLA appeal - P4Parking PCN during unloading at residential development
Hi everyone, Apologies for the length of the post. I'm now at the POPLA stage after my keeper appeal was rejected. I've spent the last few weeks reading the NEWBIES thread, BPA CoP, and Jopson v Homeguard ruling, but before I submit my POPLA appeal I'd really appreciate a sense check. Background The PCN was issued by…
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Popla code expired, no NTK received
The timeline is as follows: Windscreen PCN: 17/05/2025 Appeal sent: 11/06/2025 (25 days since PCN) Appeal rejected: 12/06/2025 (26 days since PCN) Final Reminder: 18/07/2025 (62 days since PCN) So no NTK was received. I tried appealing via POPLA but the verification code (received with the rejection on 12/06) has expired.…
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Moorside second letter of claim different reference
Any advice most welcome: I received a Letter of claim from Moorside (on behalf of NCP) on 30 April 2025 - followed the forum advice and responded with suggested template via e-mail on 25 May 2025. They finally responded on 22 September 2025 noting that I was 'seeking debt advice' and putting the matter on hold for 30 days.…
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Rescinded parking ticket being resurrected
In 2023 I received a parking ticket from Parkingeye despite parking legitimately on a hotel car park. After months of rangling I went to court only for the other side not to turn up. The following day I received a letter from them saying the parking ticket had been cancelled. Over 3 years later I have received a letter…
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Car parking fine letter not received
Hi all, I’m hoping for some advice on how best to proceed with a private parking charge, as I believe there are both procedural and data issues. Background Parking company: total car parks (BPA member) Date of alleged contravention: December I paid to park on the day, but later realised I paid for the wrong car park…
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UK Car Park Management via BW Legal court claim
Good afternoon, everyone, I have read the Newbies and other threads since the beginning of our parking “fine”. But I am at a loss here. This is the following situation: In June my partner had a bike crash (not her fault), and in the meantime, after the crash, for the time her bike was looked at, she got a hire bike from…
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