-
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…
-
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…
-
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
-
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…
-
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…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
ParkingEye overstayed 15 minutes.
I have overstayed for 15 minutes in a parkingeye car park, office was nearby and that was the cheapest alternative carpark. I bought 8 hours of time, came back and left at 8 hours and 15 minutes in. How can I get this appealed? It was raining that day and cars were all over the place making it hard to walk back to the car…
-
PCM Numerous PCNs in Own Bay - kind of
Hi all, back in 2020 I got a letter to my flat from the management company - SDL Bigwood about newly introduced parking restrictions and the requirement to now display a permit. i didnt immediately receive the permit. The letter advising of these new introduction was titled 'Albert House - Leak Detection Investigation'…
-
Euro Car Parks Final Notification – Paid via JustPark, On-Site Signage Covered 48 Hours
Hi all, I’m looking for advice on a Euro Car Parks (ECP) charge that has now reached a Final Notification, which I believe is fundamentally flawed due to misleading pricing and conflicting information between JustPark and the on-site signage. Facts / timeline: * Parking took place in 2025 * I paid for parking in advance…
-
PoFA to apply to all railway locations that are subject to byelaws from 26th December
I've not seen this discussed here yet. So, for the uninitiated: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1256/introduction/made From 26 December 2025 in England and Wales, railway station car parks governed by the Railway Byelaws 2005 are treated as “relevant land” for the purposes of Schedule 4 of the Protection of…
-
CEL Directors Questionaire
Hi All, Regarding the directors questionnaire. I have been sent a filled out version of the DQ by CEL which I believe is for my information. I filed my defence on 29/11 and received their DQ a few days later. my question is shouldn’t I also be filing one of these too? I assumed it would arrive in the post, I’d fill it in…
-
Gladstones - WS
Hi, I am coming up to a hearing on a PCN for parking at a trading estate in a bay that was apparently belonging to a different unit from which I was a customer of. I was ignoring them up until the claim form (I know I should have followed the steps), then I have used the defence from this forum (thank you!). In Gladstones…
-
SAR request refused from Euro Parking Services Limited
I have made a Subject Access Request to Euro Parking Services Limited, but they are refusing to process it unless I send a copy of my ID (passport/Driving Licence) via email. I have told them that they recognise my name, email address and postal address as they have already corresponded with me via both (with personal…
-
DCB Legal claim form.
Good morning, I have had two claim forms from DCB legal arrive this morning for allegedly overstaying at Monks cross in York. I have/ will post them both separately. Any advice on what to add to the template defence for this please. i will log on and do AoS and defence as the deadline is looming for this one. thank you!
-
Dealing with cryptic emails from solicitor
I've recently started receiving rather cryptic emails from a supposed solicitor with the subject of 'Important Correspondence'. They each contain a link to log in to what I presume is some kind of portal on their website in order to view a document of some sort, but there's nothing whatsoever in the email to indicate what…
-
UKPC -- Parking outside of bay, Valley Retail Park (Croydon)
Bit of an unusual one here... There was a bird in the parking bay, as the attached photos show. I think it was a bit injured. Anyway, I wouldn't want to injure it (and to do so would be illegal), so I parked adjacent thinking it would move, and I would then straighten up. But it didn't, so I just popped into the shops…
-
DCB legal suing me.
Morning/ afternoon. I have parasitic bottom feeders called DCB legal suing me. This relates to a parking ticket that was put on my car in April last year. I have got no idea about any of the circumstances surrounding it because it was so long ago I have forgotten. I have filed an acknowledgement of service but the last…
-
Being taken to court by Smart Parking
is it possible, O helpful experts, to have a private exchange with someone about tactics and chances ? I don't want to plaster details of my thoughts and defensive arguments on open forum for SmartParking's lawyers to read in advance..... hough I suppose "private advice" defeats the purpose of a pro bono forum and I'll…
-
Letter of Claim DCBLegal
Hello everyone, I am aware of the advised steps in the newbie thread and will do them. I have a slightly separated question. My case involves a car park that has been in the local press for giving people unfair fines, so I emailed my MP about it. His caseworker has now responded asking for information so that they can take…
