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Euro car parks charge - Wetherspoons
* Looking for some advice regarding two fines I have received from euro car park. This was in a Wetherspoons car park where you have to enter your reg plate into the system once in the building. I believe I always enter this into the system as I do go somewhat regularly. The fines were sent to my previous address once in…
Horizon parking PCN - help required
Hello A PCN appeal was declined (already complained strongly to retailer Tesco - no good, use the "process" was the reply). Details of appeal rejected below.Date of appeal response declined - 23rd April I have a POPLA reference now. Can someone confirm what I go to POPLA with (I recall some details about "Horizon POPLA…
Requesting PCN from UKCPS DPO
Hi, I have received debt collection letters from 'Trace Debt Recover' for an unspecified PCN from UKCPS. I am not looking for advice on how to proceed; rather guidance on a response from UKCPS's DPO by email. I am not in receipt of the PCN and have been given no info to find it. I therefore emailed UKCPS DPO to a) get them…
Court Claim Form received - BW legal; help with defence appreciated
Hi I have received the Claim Form on 13 feb, via BWLegal on behalf of KBT Ltd t/a Armtrac. I understand I must do AOS on MCOL within next few days, and also write a defence in the mean time. I have looked at the template defence, but I am really not sure what exactly I am supposed to say in paragraph 3; can anyone help? Do…
Parking eye - University gym car park Oxford
Quick run down of the details Parking charge contravention date: 02/05/2025 Parking eye charge notice issued: 06/05/2025 I visited the university gym on Iffley road, Oxford after work. I had not visited the gym (I'm a member) in a very long time, and in the interim period Parking eye had been installed as the private car…
ECP DCB County court claim defence keying error
Hi - advice appreciated if anybody has a moment. I received a ticket from euro car parks. I'd paid, but it turned out I'd cocked up entering my reg details. euro accepted I'd paid, but said they still wanted to charge me a £20 admin fee. Feeling gung ho I thought I'd appeal this with Popla as I couldn't see anything on the…
DCB Legal for ParkingEye members only parking
I've unfortunately missed Plan A by a good mile and did not do a stellar job with any of the appeals through ParkingEye's processes either so I've now received an HMCTS claim pack. I have completed the acknowledging service of a claim and I'm now following the first 12 steps from the Template Defence thread so I'm…
Car Parking Partnership (CPP) at Leeds Beckett University – Rose Bowl Surface Car Park
Hi all, First POPLA reject since the new CoP and it is awful and flawed. it was impossible to comply with their payment system. Background: * PCN issued: 22 January 2025 * Alleged breach: Not paying for sufficient parking time * Duration parked: 2h 21min * Amount paid: £1.70 (system-generated fee, paid via contactless) *…
ECP DCB Legal court claim
Hi I followed the newbie to reply to a dcblegal letter of claim and I responded to them via their online response form After completing the first response form I clicked submit and that took me straight to an 8 step financial declaration form which I simply closed the browser as there was no button to skip this stage I…
UKPC DCB Legal court claim 2025
Hi all, I really need some help, I’ve read lots of advice but need more specific advice I feel. I parked in a UKPC car park at a retail park on 20.08.24. I overstayed (I now don’t have the original PCN but it was maximum 15 minutes over). I had spent a lot of money at the retail park and my daughter needed to go back in to…
ZZPS parking letter after 6yrs! - please help
Got this ZZPS letter claiming insufficient paid time after almost 6 yrs of contravention date. Just a letter as attached and no evidence. What can I do please? [Image removed by Forum Team]
ECP DCB Legal court claim 2025
On 21st March, I received a PCN from Euro Car Parks for parking in Chelmsford Meadows car park. The entry time was recorded as 24th February 2024 at 23:16:41, and the exit time was 25th February 2024 at 03:40:23. However, I live 27 miles from Chelmsford and was at home asleep during this time. It appears that my car has…
Moorside legal parked without payment of the parking charge
Hi all! I’ve only just discovered this gem of a site. Meaning I’ve made some mistakes before doing my research. I’ve received the classic £170 letter from Moorside legal on behalf of National Car Parks Limited. I’ve stupidly already phoned the previous debt collectors and sent them an appeal. Which was rejected because…
Euro Car Parks - POFA stated and appeal text box character number limit!
Hi all, This one is partly for information on ECP's appeal page character limit and partly to make sure the best steps have been taken. This case (some learning in here also about ECP): I have one successful appeal in a different car park (few years ago) as keeper, which was 'non POFA' (I did post about the success in this…
G24 DCB Legal court claim 2025
I've received a Letter of Claim from DCB Legal acting for G24 Ltd. The parking charge is from August 2019, with the reason as exceeding the maximum duration of stay. The letter is dated the 20th of March, I was away when it got sent out. I've read through the newbie thread and if I've understood the advice correctly the…
Horizon Parking Charge (Tesco)
Hi, I've received a parking charge from Horizon, which appears to be the same wording as the one below, and contains the "28 days from the second working day" line that at least one person (sdg213) has successfully used to appeal against via POPLA.…
BW LOC
Hi i received the attached LOC earlier this week and it’s the first letter we’ve had regarding the alleged contravention which was 3 years ago, we’ve had no PCN or letters from debt recovery firms at all. I’ve read the newbies and I think that my first course of action is to complain as this is the first I’ve heard about…
Loan/Hire Car PPC - What to do first?
Hello Everyone, Wonder if I can ask your guidance please? I was driving a Loan car given to me by a garage whilst they fixed my car, and was issued a PPC from NSGL (photo attached below). The garage contacted me by text, attaching the same photo below, and asked me to deal with it. Note that it’s addressed to the Company…
Private parking ticket Civil enforcement
Hi all, ive ended up with two private parking tickets from civil enforcement at KFC carpark, both for overstaying by a few minutes which I was dining in the KFC both times, I have put an appeal in to POPLA regarding there signage as the time limit used to be 90 minutes they reduced this to 60 and I was totally not aware I…
CPM UK Car Park Management
Hi I received the below fine. Was just dropping someone off was literally there for 2 mins. Is it worth appealing or just paying. Any help be appreciated regards

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