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DCBLegal LoC from an age ago
Hi All, Hoping you can help me please. I have received a LoC from DCB legal for being parked in breach of terms of service, I have read the newbies thread but still have some questions regarding what should really be in my response to them. The supposed breach of contract happened in 2021. I sometimes struggle to remember…
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APCOA STANSTED AIRPORT - DEBT RECOVERY
I intended to appeal using the templates here, as I understand easy to get cancelled with APCOA, but I was hospitilised and now I've had a debt recovery letter and the appeal link doesn't work. Can I email anyone to appeal and say about being hospitilised to explain the delay? Or is it just ignore their letters?
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POPLA decision on withheld data
Hi all, A contact was sent a Notice to Keeper detailing an allowed driver not purchasing a ticket for the 30 minute stay within a hospital car park. The driver ,as distinct from Keeper, was a NHS Clinician. The keeper requested a copy of the windscreen ticket as part of a SAR, but Euro Car Parks won't provide the…
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Civil Enforcement Limited Parking Fine - County Court Claim Issued
Hello, CEL Ltd - Gone to claims court I've received a Claim Form from Civil National Business Centre about a parking fine and would really like some help with this. I read on the forum that there is a whole thread with a defence template but I have been unable to find this. Incident I was dropping off my 16 year old son at…
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Horizon Parking - Tesco
Hi. The registered keeper has received a PCN from Horizon regarding an overstay at a Tesco Extra. The store in question has been used by the registered keeper for as long as anyone can remember and was always 3 hour maximum. At some point the time limits have changed. Within the paperwork received and the photographs…
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Manchester airport parking fine
Hi all, I’ve been looking at these threads for a few weeks now. I have an APCOA parking fine for not paying online within 1 day after dropping off at Manchester airport. Just confirming I can use the blue template in the newbies thread and that applies? Just want to make sure I have the most up to date info. Thanks
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Not my parking ticket
Hello. I received a letter today about an unpaid parking ticket. I phoned the Council involved, they guided me to the photographic proof on their website. Their photo is a white work van, with a registration plate one digit away from my purple citroen cactus car. I have appealed it, it's obviously an error, but I'm curious…
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PCM UK Fine for parking in my allocated spot - is it enforceable?
Hi, I am hoping for some advice from people who know far more than I do! I recently received a parking fine from PCM UK for parking in my own allocated parking space because I was not displaying the parking permit. The ticket was issued against my VRM however the colour of the car was listed as black when that car is…
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Help Needed - Defence vs DCB Legal LTD
Hi all, I have received a Claim Form from DCB Legal LTD, issue date 19th Nov 2025. I submitted an acknowledgment of service on 26th Nov, which was received on 27th Nov. I am now planning my defence. I have included a copy of the Particulars of the Claim below. The claim is linked to 2 Parking Charges, the 1st is due to an…
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Smart Parking refused landowner's request - court papers received three years later
I was a regular volunteer musician at an event held in a church. This event was usually on a Sunday, but there was a Spring Fayre on a Saturday in March 2022 and I played, without receiving payment. Unbeknownst to me, and other volunteers, the church had engaged with Smart Parking to issue tickets from Monday to Saturday…
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Premier Park PCN - MARKHAM VALE RETAIL PARK, CHESTERFIELD
Hi all, just thought I’d post on here to see the best course of action and if I’m better off just paying the PCN or waiting to see if it goes to court and if I’ll likely win should the matter go to court? On the 30th of November 2025 I have visited Markham Vale retail park in Chesterfield to go to the pet shop on there as…
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DCB Legal - Letter of Claim
Can anyone advise as to the next steps please after recieving this letter after numerous bullying debt collection letters. The sum demanded is grossly unfair considering that on the day there was no means to pay due to machines being out of service and no signage to state how to pay. Adding to this, I never recieved a PCN…
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DCB Legal Cancelled Mediation
Hi all, I am currently going through small claims court with DCB legal over a parking fine issued by Smart Parking. I had a mediation appointment scheduled for 22nd December. I’ve been informed by the court that DCB legal have said they cannot attend the mediation appointment and therefore it has now changed to “not…
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Park and Control Fine
Hi All, Hoping for some advice/ help. I parked at the car park in Hertford Bircherley Street, SG14 1RL on 30/09/2025 for sub an hour. While i was there i found no clear ways to pay to park, its not a ringo or paybyphone site, no gate payment machine and the only machine i found was with a black screen and appeared to be…
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Premier Park, Leeds. Misleading PCN
Okay, For the last 7 weeks or so I've been driving my wife to work of a morning, dropping her off circa 8:50 am and returning 5-5:30 pm to pick her up. I head home, do my job, attend to our boy etc. I've done this religiously and this morning received a parking charge notice. Not for illegally parking but for being there…
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ECP / DCB Legal - Mediation Call Advice
Hi, Quick summary of where we are at. My wife got a "PCN" for a 19 minute overstay in a free carpark operated by Eurocarparks a few years ago, after having her appeal rejected she had the usual sets of scary letters from various debt chasing companies until it finally landed at DCB Legal last year and they proceeded to…
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Choosing the Best Court on DQ
Hi All, I am helping an elderly relative (97 years old) to handle a court case - just filed defence so waiting for DQ. I can choose either St Albans (my local area) or Saffron Waldren in Cambs (relatives local area). Is there a preference, in terms of which ones are more anti the parking companies. This is a 3 year old…
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DCB County Court Claim
Hi all, Hoping for some assistance please. I've done the AOS and now need to draft up a defence. Little confused on what to do as this is a DCB Legal one. Could someone please walk through with me as to what do as there's a different response for this. Appreciate your help!
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UKCPM - Gladstones LBC - stage - SAR revealed a data privacy breach
Hello fellow forumites, (please excuse long first thread). Background (not very important at the moment, you can skip reading below para for now to save you time): Visited brother at his rented apartment, private land, non-fob residential access, ANPR protected, no payments for visitors, however, after a new change ePermit…
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Leaving site UKCPS
Hi All, Thanks in advance for any advice. I work for my local authority and parked at a car park run by UKCPS to assess noise from an ongoing alarm. Part of my assessment involved documenting how far the noise could be heard (to help determine a statutory nuisance). I left the site, which is an ALDI car park and followed…
