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ecp + starbucks = court (help needed)
Hi all — hoping for some help with a DCB Legal claim (ECP) after a Starbucks drive-through visit I’ve read the NEWBIES thread and I’m now at the stage of preparing my Defence. I’d really appreciate some guidance on what points to include. Background (brief): * I was travelling for a medical training day and stopped at…
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Upcoming mediation call with DCB Legal
Hi all, so I have my mediation call on the 5th of January for a case where I was stopped in a car park and not parked, anyway my question is I am permanently moving out of the country three days after the call so if we don’t come to a resolution on the mediation call what would happen? I understand the next stage would go…
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NCP PCN for ANPR error
Hi, The car is leased and is typically parked every Thursday at an NCP car park. On this occasion, they allege that the car stayed for over a week. Which is incorrect. The car was parked on 30th of Oct and on 6th of Nov (separately), and payment was done via their app. It appears that their camera has not recorded the exit…
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PRIVATE PARKING SOLUTIONS - SMALL CLAIMS LETTER
Hi all, I have the attached small claims letter for an alleged parking offence last year, on Regis Road, Kentish Town. To date I just ignored all correspondance regarding it. I do not remember about the offence particularly as it was a works van and I wasn't driving it at the time, but I am the owner of the business that…
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Merged: LBC received – disabled bay PCNs (genuine wheelchair user, Equality Act?)
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Patcham High School / Community Centre - One Parking Solution
Hello, having posted in this discussion, it was suggested I started a new thread, so here goes. My initial post was as follows: hello, don't know if this is the best possible place to raise this or whether to start it's own thread, my car was ticketed in the same location and same circumstances. I did not pay the charge…
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BW Legal LoC - Permit Holders Carpark
Hi guys, I've just got home from some time working away to see that I have a LoC from BW Legal on behalf of Armtrac SS, the 30 day window to respond expired 2 days ago which I missed. The charge applies to my vehicle being parked with no permit in a permit holders only 'carpark' belonging to Harbour Hotel, St Ives which…
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All Parking Svs UK - zzps- Popla??
Hi allHaving scanned what seems like a thousand threads, I'm finding my particular issues haven't been covered before .....so apologies up front if its been covered before & I've missed it/them. I got an NTK/PCN by post for a residents carpark, for non display of permit. Issue 1) valid permit was on display, but had slid…
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Horizon Parking Charge Tesco Overstay
Evening all, I have today received a parking charge for a roughly 30 minute overstay at Tesco on the 28th November. The parking charge issue date is the 8th December. Today I have received the letter and charge, dated the 8th December, which seems a bit sus, a seven day delivery time? I have read the newbie thread and my…
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DVLA complaints about PPCs abysmally low. Why?
I recently submitted a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to the DVLA to find out how many complaints they’ve received about private parking companies—particularly those we frequently see breaching the PPSCoP and PoFA. It’s often said that the DVLA won’t “bite the hand that feeds it”, and we regularly hear complaints…
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Getting Defence Ready
Hey there! So I'm currently in the process of writing up my defence and was wondering if there are any other points or previous cases to point towards that will further aid my support. Apologies in advance for the long read but I have been reading through numerous threads and pages the last few months to be better equipped…
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Manchester Airport T1 drop off fine
Just received one of these through the post from APCOA after dropping our son off who was moving to Australia and we were understandably distressed and must have missed the signs and there was no toll in use like we have used at Liverpool before. Anyway I’ve seen there are a million and one of these posts on here but our…
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Second letter of claim from BW Lega!?
Hi all Have got a second letter of claim from BW legal and have until 25th July 2025 to reply. The first letter I received in January 2023 and I replied with a SAR request which they supplied. I paid for parking at a water park but made a major keying error and entered a different vehicle reg. I originally asked…
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PCN RECIEVED
Hi All been a few years since I needed your advice. Seems I overstayed on 10/11/2025 and a PCN was issued on 12/12/2025 and arrived today. Not sure of the rules currently, there is no detail of the offence and doesn't it have to be issued Sooner? Sorry if this info is already posted multiple times - I did look for an…
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Defence help?
Following from the ‘Claim Form’ Particulars of Claim The driver of motor vehicle registration [REDACTED] (the Vehicle) parked in breach of the prominently displayed terms and conditions of parking set out on the signage at [REDACTED LOCATION / BUSINESS NAME] on [REDACTED DATE]. The signage constituted an offer of a…
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Civil Enforcement PCN — please help
Awful mood. First and now ONLY time visiting this health centre. No warning from the private physio based there that car reg needed to be entered at reception machine. I have no words How do I go about disputing this? Determined to get it cancelled
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received parking charge for overstay free time B&M
I am being chased to pay an unpaid parking fine from dcbl on behalf of Smart Paking, the contradiction was 06/09/202, I only received the first correspondence in June 2025, I ignored the first two letters as I thought it was spam mail.I know they should send contravention within 14 days. They have threatened me with small…
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Camden PCN EV charging
Camden PCN – EV charging bay – worth fighting? Got a PCN from Camden for being in an EV charging bay “without charging”. I parked there specifically to charge using the TotalEnergies app. Plugged in, payment went through, and the charger showed a moving green light, which I reasonably believed meant charging had started…
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DCBL Final Notice – Parking Charge Appealed, No Response, Now Debt Collection
Hi all, I’m hoping for some advice on a private parking charge that has now been escalated to DCBL, despite an appeal and what I believe is an incorrectly issued charge. Timeline / facts: * Parking event took place in March 2025 * Car park stated maximum stay: 2 hours * Original Parking Charge Notice alleges an overstay,…
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Claim Form received
I’ve received a Claim Form regarding a parking ticket from 20/08/23. I can’t remember but I think it’s one I may have appealed. We overstayed our time but it was because we were blocked in whilst trying to leave. We’d parked in an overflow area of grass and there was a fun fair on and it was busy when we were trying to…
