Parking tickets, fines & parking

Hi everyone, I’m hoping for some advice as I’m really worried about this. I have received a Letter of Claim from DCB Legal acting for Euro Car Parks. Background: I was collecting my girlfriend from work at Lidl After it closed. I remained in my car while waiting for her to finish work (around 30 minutes in total). I…

Hi all, I’m looking for some advice regarding a recent claim from DCB Legal which has now led to a court letter from HM Courts & Tribunals Service (Civil National Business Centre, Northampton). The background: * The claim relates to a private parking charge from 18/07/2021 for overstaying in a free car park (managed by…

Hello all, I have just checked my credit report and found this: C o u r t n a m e: C I V I L N A T I O N A L B U S I N E S S C E N T R E C o u r t t e l e p h o n e : 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 5 6 D a t e o f j u d g m e n t: 2 4 J U L Y 2 0 2 6 I paid trust online for the report and the CCJ has been issued on my old address. I am…

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice before preparing my defence. This happened quite a while ago, (15/12/2025) so it was a busy christmas period. I entered the car park, found it extremely busy/full, spent around 10 minutes driving around trying to find a space and then left without staying. There was no indication…

a bit of advice please. Received a letter today saying that a vehicle in my name had entered a restricted street between 3.15 - 3.45 in coventry east street . The driver went to a storage unit to ask about prices and must have missed the signs about the restrictions. Has anyone successfully overturned one of these fines or…

Hi everyone, Forum newbie here. I've been reading the excellent advice on here and would really appreciate some guidance on my situation. Background Private parking company: UK Car Park Management (UKCPM) Residential development managed by a Housing Association. IPC member (IAS logo on the signage). The registered keeper…

Firstly, thanks for all the useful content on this forum, it's been most useful already. Very briefly, I have a NTK for not entering my reg correctly. I've appealed using the template, which of course was rejected. I'm trying hard to go Plan A but the response I've gotten has prompted this thread. I parked at Every Active…

London City Airport is now charging a drop off fee can the template for other airports be used for LCA

Mum received NTK / PCN from ECP in Oct 2025, step-dad was the driver. Breach was identified and recorded as: no valid pay and display ticket/permit purchased. Step-dad used ticket machine to purchase 2hr stay (£2.60) and duration of stay was 26 minutes. Stepdad was/is adamant that he entered full VRM, however the ticket…

Hello all, I’ve been monitoring some of these threads for a while and wanted to share a recent success story of having a PCN overturned. The short story, and a tactic I learned from here, if you are a legitimate customer - email the store/customer services. The long story…. I visited Wickes Dartford to get a large amount…

Partner is leaseholder of a Surrey flat. The lease (1981, varied by deed in 2003) expressly demises a numbered parking space to her. The 2003 deed confirms all 1981 covenants remain in full force. Note the flat parking space is expressly and exclusively demised. Management company powers regarding the car parking space…

Hello everybody, A little background - last year I made an airport drop-off at Stansted and completely forgot to pay the parking online by the following day at midnight as the rules state. APCOA sent me a PCN, which I appealed directly to them. I admitted that I was the driver, but appealed to their humanity by explaining…

Hi all, Thank you to those people who have created the newbies thread information, I have so far followed that and have recently received the claim form from DCB Legal on behalf of Smart Parking. There are a few facts about my case that I want to mention as I'm not sure what to say in paragraph 3 of defence form. * The…

Hello everyone, I would really appreciate some advice regarding two private parking charges issued by CUP Enforcement. Timeline There were two alleged parking events in December 2025. First visit: vehicle recorded on site for 3 minutes 50 seconds. Second visit: vehicle recorded on site for 2 minutes 55 seconds. For both…

Hi, I'll try to keep this as brief as possible, but any and all guidance is deeply appreciated! First time I ever attempted to charge the EV on August 9th 2024, I plugged in and stayed in the car, having no idea what, if anything, should be appearing on the dashboard and or app. About 10/15 mins into the charge, the…

i have received a 2nd Letter Before Action from Civil Enforcement - 9 months after I sent an email response to the first one following the Newbies thread guidance. Do I just send the same email as I did back to them again? I got no response last time, or do I now have a different defence? —Sent 24th Sept 25—— Proposed…

Hi, Firstly let me say what an amazing forum this is, people fighting for our corner…many thanks…! please forgive my ignorance, i did what i could, although im good with diy, when it comes to things like this i get well confused…lol I received following from HM courts and tribunals service. What is my next move? Many…

I'm fighting a UKPC /DCB Legal claim. The vehicle in question was parked at some retail park XX. However the contract submitted by UKPC during POPLA suggests that there are two distinct car parks there: XX - Car Park 1 and XX - Car Park 2. While they issued the PC under Car Park 1, the vehicle was actually parked in Car…

Hello, I've just received a letter of claim from DCBlegal ltd. They outline the 30 day period and its £170 charge blah blah. I've searched the forum for the email address to send the templated response to and came up with: info@dcblegal.co.uk is this correct? I'm happy to take this all the way as the PCN was sent to my old…

Firstly I now know I should have read this forum before making my initial appeal. I got a parking charge notice for overstaying in a free carpark at a shop. I am not sure if I should appeal to POPLA or not, as I can pay £60 now or £100 if I lose the appeal (it's a company car, so I do not want to just not pay and annoy my…