Parking tickets, fines & parking

Thought I would share my journey but also, what do you think defence wise? Parking ticket issued for approximately 5 minutes 58 seconds, driver does not leave the car, passenger does, and then returns. I was not the driver, he (passenger) was reading the sign and then left, writing was very small and he is elderly. In…

I received a PCN in April 26 for £170 claiming I hadnt registered my car for free parking whilst playing pickleball at Everyone Active in Hemel Hempstead on Dec 21st 2025. I emailed and asked for evidence as it was the first correspondence I had received about it. I didnt get any response until a county court claim form…

Stupidly I completed the N180 and then left it in a folder to email but forgot. It has now been emailed to DQ.CNBC@justice.gov.uk and copied to DCB Legal but is 3 days late. What is the likely next step - have I lost by default? If anyone has experienced the same mistake I would be grateful for your experience

Hi All I have used this forum before and actually won a case against Excel in court so i'm not necessarily a newbie and here I am again. Before I provide any details in to this latest challenge I am looking for some informatio regarding the provision of a notice to keeper. Under Schedule 4, paragraph 9 of the Protection of…

Hi all, i need some advice. I received a penalty charge notice from Smart parking almost 3 years ago in June 23. I moved house in Dec 2023. This week, in April 2026 i received a letter of claim from Dcb Legal demanding i pay £170. This was for parking for 19 mins, at the Cat & Fiddle pub in Macclesfield, while i checked if…

Hi all, I've looked at the newbie's thread but it doesn't mention this situation. I recently separated from my wife and moved to a new county. I parked in one of these places and did not receive the initial letters bacause in all the mess I forgot to change the adress on my V5. I have been suffering from mental health…

The Registered Keeper has received a Parking Charge from Alliance Parking for an overstay at Daymer Bay Car Park, PL27 6SA. The Registered Keeper paid for 3 hours of parking, but overstayed by 50 minutes. The Registered Keeper wasn't the Driver. The Registered Keeper appealed to Alliance Parking, without identifying the…

Invocation of Keeper liability under POFA impossible , Driver unknown, the existence of a Bill of Sale ignored This case concerned a former keeper who had already sold the vehicle to a car dealer. He held a bill of sale, and the dealer confirmed they would handle the DVLA logbook transfer. He reasonably assumed everything…

I visited my GP with a young family member for an emergency appointment (which led to an immediate visit to A&E) in May 2025 Since my last GP a year prior, in early 2024, the GP practice had engaged a private parking company to manage their car park (car park owned by the GP practice) There is an iPad to enter your car…

Hi everyone, Seeking an advice on a particular situation (have trawled through the newbies section but could not find an exactly the same one). So, my mother in law who is a citizen and a resident of a non-EU country, was visiting us in recently at the end of April and I let her use our car (for which I am a registered…

Hi all, I've received a copy of the attached letter to the claimant (DCB Legal), stating their claim against me will be struck out if they dont serve a new POC by 20th July. If they do, I have until 17th August to submit a new defence. Now their deadline has passed, does anyone know how I can find out whether this was done…

Hello all, I received a PCN from a PPC (Car Parkers Anglia) for the Clink Road car park (Sea Palling, Norfolk) earlier in the year. The reason was overstaying a stipulated limit as marked by the CCTV / ANPR cameras - paid for 1 hour, total time between photographs was 1 hour 21 minutes (although my Google Timeline states…

Hi Lovely Forumites Advice needed for a local community car scheme. Volunteer Driver drives in and collects person for an appointment & delivers them back a couple of hours later, at no point were they parked. A week or so later they receive a parking fee by post. They write and explain they just collected and then dropped…

Hi quick question and a situation I haven't come across yet. I recently succesfully went to court for a set-aside of a CJJ on the grounds it was improperly served. There is a story to this I'll post another day and @Coupon-mad thank you for everything you do. Judge agreed to award set-aside and all costs. However he also…

Just wanted to post this in case anyone else gets one. They can be beaten. Visited Oxford city centre, that was my first mistake. They have a "temporary" scheme where you have to pay to use some roads, £5/day. That evening I tried to pay, but their website was broken. There was a note on there saying "if you get an error,…

I tried to pay for parking on an app (evology at Fantasy Island) but it timed out. I received a "payment sent to Evology" notification from my banking app so I assumed it was paid. Get home and I've been sent a PCN from ParkingEye. Check the Evology Parking App and there's no record whatsoever. Check my banking app and the…

So, i pay a permit of £20 per month to park at the hospital as staff. One day i was late for work and decided to park in ZONE 1 as a one time thing which is closer to the hospital - I am only permitted to park in ZONE 3. I received a PCN, for failure to obtain a valid permit. So far i haven’t paid it, this was 15 days ago…

Hi forum, Been done in by Napier parking, other half has received NTK as the car is registered in her name. Dad has dementia and told me his tablets were ready to collect, bit of a rush so I went in to town to sort, only to get there and actually check on his phone + with my sister (turns out she gets the reminders…

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction as I'm unsure what my next step should be. I've received a Parking Charge Notice from Civil Enforcement relating to an alleged overstay in the car park at a KFC restaurant. Background Parking event: 17 June 2026 Notice to Keeper issue date: 23 June 2026 Notice…

Hi all, I’ve just received a County Court Claim Form from UKCPM, issued via the County Court Business Centre, after months of letters from BW Legal. I’ve now acknowledged the claim on MCOL and want to fight this properly — but would really appreciate some outside perspective. Background: * Alleged incident took place at…