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Failed to display a blue badge.
I recently parked in a disabled bay in a retail park to collect my partner who was in one of the stores. She is a Blue Badge holder. As we have more than one car, she always keeps the badge in her handbag so she has it, whichever car she is using. According to my mobile phone I texted her at 3.18pm to say I had arrived. I…
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Euro Car Parks via DCB money claim
I'm looking for some help to dispute the claim I have received. It dates back to 2023, I was not the driver, it is a pay and display car park with ANPR checking the entry and exit. The PCN was for 'No Valid Pay And Display/permit Was Purchased' Potentially there was a miss type on the number plate, but I can not be sure.…
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Should I challenge or pay?
I got a parking ticket through the post from NCP in Bristol a while back, I basically parked in a yellow box in the car park, it was a car park that was generally used by the people working on our building site, I was in a hurry could find a spot so parked in the yellow box. I paid for a ticket but knew I was supposed to…
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Tooting tfl PCN due to stopping on a red route
Hi all, thanks for any help in advance. I was driving my sister in laws car and stopped in tooting. I read the sign and realised I could not park there so left. There was 5 of us in the car including my baby son who we needed to feed hence looking for a place to stop quickly. She's been sent this PCN. Could I argue that I…
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HM Courts Claim Form from DCB Legal/Parking Eye
Hello. Received Claim Form 14 August 2026 following unsuccessful appeals in 2023 based on Edna Basher's template for lease cars. 2023 appeal: (…You will no doubt be familiar with the strict requirements of Schedule 4 of POFA to be followed in order for a parking operator to be able to invoke keeper liability for a Parking…
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Manchester Airport PCN
Hi, any advice appreciated please. I forgot about paying for Manchester Airport drop off, and missed the deadline. A few days later, and in a panic, I emailed GeneralEnquiries.MAGParking@apcoa.com asking if I could pay after missing the deadline - received a bot response stating I could not pay, and needed to wait for the…
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CEL 2026 Defence Query
Morning all. I received a claim form dated 26th May and have completed the AOS (yesterday), now working on the defence. I've read through all the advice on here and have copied the template defence, adding in the suggested wording for Chan & Akande etc at paragraph 3, since it is the usual CEL POC. I've also added in…
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Smart Parking defence
Hello, Thank you for all the good work you do. I received multiple letters from Smart Parking. Ignored as per the advice on this forum. They then sold my debt etc. I have now received a Letter Before Claim from DCB. I read the second part of the newbies thread and have sent the standard letter template to info@dcblegal…
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Tesco x Euro Parking Services
Wanted advice on this case so I can get it squashed as quickly as possible. We have received a £100 parking charge notice from Euro Parking Services. They say this is due to the contravention of "not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space". The reported incident happened outside a Tesco store for less…
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Euro Parking Services PCN, Gladstones letter before claim
Hello everyone! First of all, I would like to say a big thank you to the people that help around here! I find it trully amazing. Now, I received a PCN from Euro Parking Services in August last year. I appealed and tried to get it cancelled but with no luck. This was for parking on a "Parking for patrons whilst on the…
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CCJ from old parking ticket, what should I do?
To the lovely MSE community, please help!im usually really good at following How To's and guides, but the newbie thread and even Post 2 has me bamboozled on what action to take and how. Please help. Letters attached. A bit of background; I attended a wedding at Bow Wharf E3 5SN in November 2021 as part of the bridal…
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UKPC Parking Fine - Cambridge 2026
Hi all, Created an account to post this question as I'm unsure about what to do - I did read the newbies thread and used the template email from it, but my particular situation is not covered (parking on a PRIVATE ROAD as opposed to a CAR PARK) and thus I feel it may be different. I received one of these invoices from…
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Parking fine-machine not working!
Dear all, I would be very grateful for your assistance on a recent parking charge notice I received. I am a regular customer at this particular car park, as I work at the building next to it. Usually each morning I will go to the ticket machine, enter my reg plate and pay for the amount of parking required, and display the…
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Responding to court docs - hopefully an interesting case for you all
Hi all, I've read the NEWBIES thread and have filed an Acknowledgment of Service, defending the whole claim. I'd be grateful for any guidance before I submit my defence - I couldn't find any previous threads with the same circumstances as me. Background The claim is from ParkingEye t/a Car Parking Partnership, represented…
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UKCPS Moorside alleged overstay.
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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Missed Deadline Resulted in CCJ
Hello again! My dad has missed the deadline to respond to the county court claim and now has a CCJ (29/6/2026). Can you help get this removed? Details of the claim: Claimant: UK Parking Control Limited Represented by: DCB Legal 1. The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C) for a Parking Charge (PC) issued to vehicle…
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DCB Legal, Parkmaven , WS stage , September
Hi! Firstly some background information. I parked in a car park three times during May (all in the space of 5 days) to go fishing. I have done this for years but they had recently installed cameras and a pay and display system run by Parkmaven. I decided to take my chances the first time (as it was late in the afternoon…
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MOORSIDE LEGAL, NCP court claim
Hi all, I had visited Worthing on 19/03 to see a couple of friends and paid for parking. I then received a letter from NCP dated 01/04 claiming I hadn't paid, so I appealed it as I fortunately still had the tickets. However, my appeal was rejected as they claim I hadn't paid enough! I'd really like to take a photograph of…
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Yet another scumbag parking eye letter - Fox House, Derby - LBCCC Stage
Seem to be getting these every year now. I don't think they even bother putting signs up in some places and assume some people will blindly pay the ridiculous amounts asked for. I'm just posting yet another appeal and eventual success to show people on this board that despite some naysayers, POPLA will still stick up for…
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Received PCN for time queuing & despite not occupying a space
Hi everyone- looking for advice please. Needed to attend Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. Upon entering the hospital’s entrance, joined a queue to the car park, which was located further inside the site of the hospital. The queue was very slow moving and was stuck there for 35-40mins. eventually entered the car park, but…
