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Email addresses on appeals
I see various people on here advocate that you should give a throwaway email address or create a new one for an appeal. There is one fundamental issue with this. If its appealed and lost , and sent to the likes of Gladstones/ DCB Legal you will often get an email with correspondence attached. Now if you move address and…
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DCB Legal January 2025 money grabbers
Hey, so back in August 2022, my friend and I parked our car in what seemed like a council-owned car park near a shop. It had an ANPR camera, and we were there between 5-6 am. When we tried to leave, we realized the parking machine only accepted coins, and since it was shortly after Covid, neither of us had cash. We…
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DCB Legal response to my response to their Letter of Claim
I received a Letter of Claim from DCB Legal and responded using the generic template in post 2. I've now received an email response from them as follows: Dear ************, We write in response to your recent correspondence received in office. In accordance with the British Parking Association (BPA) Code of Practice, where…
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Letter of claim Bwlegal on behalf of NCP (3 pcns dating 4 years ago)
Hi all As the title says i have received a letter of claim for 3 pcns dating 4+ years ago. They are demanding £600 The evidence is the car i owned at the time driving into a car park and out. What are my next steps to stop this? Or do I just pay the amount they are asking. I dont want anything to go against my record.…
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pcn-3/4/25
Hi, Keeper has received a "Claim Form" for a PCN Claimant - Parkmaven Representing - DCB Legal Keeper wasn't driving at the time Keeper has ignored letters regarding the PCN and subsequent debt collector threats Keeper and driver were visiting a local retail park to eat in a restaurant they eat at regularly. Claim form…
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Received Claim Form from Civil National Business Centre - Total Parking Solutions & DCB Legal
Hi there, I wonder if you can help me out. I received a claim form from the Civil National Business Centre, for a parking charge originally issued by Total Parking Solutions, now represented by DCB Legal. The original charge was for overstaying by 10-15 mins at a village supermarket/post office. We shop there multiple…
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APCOA Heathrow Drop-Off £80 PCN Cancelled - Thank you!!!
Hello, Here is my story. I dropped off a friend at Heathrow using the drop-off zone in December. Like most people here, I simply forgot to pay the £5 charge. A genuine oversight due to the busy traffic chaos Heathrow is. I never intended not to pay the £5 charge. In January, I received a PCN asking for £80 while…
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Initial Parking / Appeal Rejected / POPLA advice required - all stickies/FAQs read
Afternoon all. Hopefully, just some quick guidance required as I've read lots of the great advice on here already. I received a PCN/NTK from Initial Parking this week as the keeper of a vehicle that had "unpaid tariff time" at White Moss Lower Car Park. It seems I'm not alone in getting stung here: lots of reports on Trust…
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FAAC Mobility Services NtK
Hello all, new member here. I was an active user of the PePiPoo forum a number of years ago and was well up to speed with private parking companies, but have been out of the loop for several years now (PoFA / POPLA was a new thing then). Received a NtK from FAAC Mobility Services for a 10 minute overstay in a LNER railway…
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PCN for overstay parking due to broken down Car.
Hello, I would be grateful for any guidance on
this overstayed parking issue due to car broken down. I was issue with a PCN by
CP Plus for £100 for this incident. I appealed to CP Plus / Nexus which was
rejected. But they did state they would reduce it to £20 if I paid in 14 days
as per The Private Parking Sector Single…
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LBA received from DCB Legal
Dear All I would be grateful for some advice. Sadly in November 2020 on two consecutive days I paid to park via the Ringo App at a site managed by Smart Parking. Having recently changed my vehicle I inadvertently paid for the incorrect registration number to park. (Being fairly new to parking apps at the time, I didn’t…
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Smart Parking Antics!
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/25454434.womans-5-000-bill-parking-fines-issued-bull/
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Tower Rd Newquay Smartparking PCN for overstay
Had a PCN arrive today and don’t really know what to do. i ‘thought’ on the day I may have been 5 mins over but the NTK today obviously lists the times for the ANPR which at the time I hadn’t realised they used. Drove in as a confused tourist, queued to get a space, queued to then use a very confusing machine as there was…
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Landowner complaint dcbl/smart
Hi all I'll keep this a brief as possible. I've got a loc from dcbl/smart and I've emailed with standard newbies thread response. The community centre I've complained to has come back and said: "Unfortunately, this company is no longer in charge of the car park and therefore we are unable to intervene on your behalf." Is…
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Lost at Hearing - Didn't Receive Hearing Date - Can I Appeal?
I'm hoping to get some urgent advice regarding a private parking ticket that has gone to the court. I filed my Defence in mid-February and have been waiting for a hearing date from the court. In early August, I received a witness statement from the PPC's solicitor, Gladstone, on behalf of UK Car Park Management Ltd…
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Debt Collector knocking, original fine not received
Hi, I’d appreciate some advice. I received a fine from debt collectors (Bw legal) for a parking at one of the Napiers parking lots. too late to appeal as I have never updated DVLA records after moving house. Now they are slapping me with £160 fine. Having read the newbie faqs, I have emailed the collectors to erase my old…
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PCN for unpaid drop-off charge at London Gatwick Airport - Does PoFA apply?
Has anyone successfully appealed against a PCN, for an unpaid drop-off fee at Gatwick, by arguing that PoFA doesn't apply to airports, because they're governed by bylaws, and so there's no keeper liability?
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Parking fine at petrol station – grounds for appeal?
I've just received a parking fine from Horizon Parking for exceeding the 30 minute maximum stay at my local Asda petrol station. The Asda handles Amazon returns and I drove there to take numerous parcels for return. Due to the length it took staff to handle the returns (I think they were dealing with some IT issues) I was…
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Parking Control, Moorside court claim 2025
Unpaid parking "fine" and now I have a second letter in one month from HM Courts & Tribunal Services. Moorside Legal are the ones taking me to court, I parked at Beam Park Rainham for maximum 20min and received a fine, i have parked there many times when i went to visit my friend. Many times he has done my parking via his…
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Atlip Centre Wembly Car Parking ticket - getting it cancelled
I received a ticket from this completely scam company. I appealed to the UKCPM. I got acknowledgement of the appeal, but didnt receive any result of appeal, only later to receive a Debt Recovery notice. The crafty schemers sent the Debt notice well after my appeal date. When I tried to take it to the Independent Appeal…
