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Charge for 'No Stopping' - Lines obscured
I have been sent a parking charge by Vehicle Control Services Ltd. The photo below is from 4th December. The charge is dated 20th November, at that time the lines were not visible (left side). Should I argue this or stick to the template? The vehicle is a hire vehicle. The registered keeper has given my information to…
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Can’t post defence on MCOL ?
Hi all , I thought I put my defence on the money claim website 2 weeks ago but it appears that I did something wrong and now I can’t seem to get back in with my claim number and password ?? Please advise if you can as my head is fried from this . Should I just email my defence as I’ve only a few days left , thanks sean
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Ive got a CCJ form, from I PARK SERVICES, can i fight it?
so i started going to therapy and its been nothing but stressful trying to use the parking services in the area, so far ive paid around £240 to this company and ive had enough now. my missus does all the online paying once we get there but on this one day we paid for the hour but after a little discussion we decided to get…
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Premier Park Parking in Disabled Bay Without Valid Disabled Badge
Hi any advice please? Parking Charge Notice was issued at The Springs shopping centre in Leeds by Premier Park for parking in a Diability bay not displaying a Valid Disabled Badge. Blue Badge in question had expired and we were waiting for the renewal to arrive. The issuer Leeds City Council had stated we could continue to…
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Claim Form received I think I’ve missed date for Defence!
I received a claim form but I didn’t see the letter until now and I’ve opened it and it has an issue date of 14 October - I believe I had missed the deadline to submit a defence. Any advice on what I do next? The claim is easily defendable! I’ve just seen a judgement was issued on the 4th. Can’t believe this has happened..…
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Another DCB/Smart Parking Case
Here's another case with DCB and 'Smart Parking' not being so smart. I've gone through the usual path to this point, but wanted to document it here for everyone. This was for me parking whilst visiting my brother almost two years ago. I have an invoice from RingGo for this session for the time I was there. I'm pretty sure…
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Stopping not parking
I have read the newbie thread. My circumstances are not (from what I can see) fully covered there - if there is a relevant thread, perhaps it could be linked from there? My issue relates to "stopping", *not* to parking. I have received a "Parking Charge Notice" from a BPA member. They say their reason for issuing a PCN was…
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Preparing a defence for County Court before xmas. How much info to put on.
Hi. I think l have managed to locate the defence template letter. My question is that someone l know was allegedly 'parked' in a non bay. However that person was not the driver and as the car has been used by multiple people, hence they cannot trace who was driving. Nevertheless the owner of the vehicle was not the driver…
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Breaking news! ZZPS now an SRA regulated law firm
Info passed to me by @troublemaker22: ZZPS is now a law firm regulated by the SRA. The ZZPS legal practice will be headed in the New Year by barrister Scott Wilson who is stepping down from his role as head of legal at CEL in order to take up the post.
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Tesco parking fine by Horizon Parking more than 28 days old, issued after 28days
Hi, I have a company car and a Parking Charge Notice was issued to our company. The notice was dated 21st September, with the alleged breach occurring on 15th August at Tesco by Horizon Parking. Normally, we would have appealed immediately (as advised in the “newbie” section), on the basis that the notice was issued 28…
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CP Plus Ltd - Nexus - Parking Charge Notice
Good day Forumites and other Newbies! Just want to say I've really found your forum useful, but think it's time I get some help. I use a company car and our fleet team forwarded me a parking charge notice from "GroupNexus" that was received on 31/10/2025. The thing is I was out of the country when the alleged parking…
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New Trafford Council Yellow Box PCN
Hi, I have just successfully appealed Airport Drop off/pick up charges thanks to help from this site. I have now unfortunately received a yellow box pcn from Trafford Council. The evidence is compelling, but can anyone see any irregularities with the issuing of it, which can be used for an appeal. Registration number is…
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PCN received for driving in a bus lane but issued 16 days after the offence. isn't it 14 day limit?
I took a wrong turn and drove in a bus lane on 6th December, got a ticket from Cov City council for it today 23rd December. The date of notice is 22/12/25 which is 16 days after the offence. Isn't there a rule that they must issue within 2 weeks? If so, what do I need to do to get it cancelled? Thanks
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Court Claim from DCB Legal - just double checking I'm doing everything correct
I've received a court claim and am just filing my defence for the MCOL but wanted to check I'm doing everything correctly please. I have copied the 10 paragraph statement I found in the forum and am currently drafting paragraph 3 so some advice on my paragraph 3 would be greatly appreciated. Here are the details of my…
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County court Claim form, DCB legal, the airport pub Manchester
Hi All, Back in 2023 I parked and paid at the airport pub in Manchester. Some time after I started to receive those ridiculous looking debt collection letters saying “pay now” and “if you don’t pay, we’ll take it away”. I of course ignored those, but have recently received a letter of claim from DCBlegal (also ignored, I…
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Manchester Airport APCOA fine incoming
Hi All, I've recently started driving for Uber (3 months). Ive made dozens of trips to Manchester Airport and paid every single drop off and pick up fee. However, on Friday just gone I had two drop offs and one pick up and completely forgot to pay these ones. I realised yesterday (Sunday), logged in, but the visits had…
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Defence against UK PARKING CONTROL LIMITED
Hi, We received a claim form from UK parking control limited union house for parking in a designated disabled persons parking place without displaying a badge it was in a retail park and unfortunately we did not appeal to the retail park before it got to this stage - the issue was the weather was horrific that day and the…
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Final Defence Draft - Pls Help
Below is the POC on my Tribunal claim form. The issue date was 21/03/2025 and I already submitted an acknowledgement of Service on 08/04/2025.The claimant is Parkingeye Ltd and the address for sending documents and payments is dcb legal. * The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C) for a Parking Charge(s) issued to…
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Creative/CEL making it even harder to log an appeal
This is nuts With Civil Enforcement Ltd you now to have submit the PCN details then verify your email address and then await an email with instructions on how to log an appeal what on earth is that all about- Their website used to be Ok and easy to log stuff but this just seems nuts I dont think i have every come across…
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Advice: NPC/DCBLegal Money Claim Received
Hi All, towards the end of September last year I booked an overnight stay in an Airbnb, which was an apartment with an National Parking Control (NPC) Group managed communal car park. The owner of the property provided a parking permit which I displayed in my windscreen whilst parked in the appropriate bay. A while after my…
