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Smart Parking PCN – Paid Before Leaving / Gym Member – Advice Needed
Hi everyone, I’d appreciate some guidance on a Smart Parking PCN I’m expecting to receive. Location: DFM Car Park, Nottingham Operator: Smart Parking (IPC member) Status: Not received yet, but likely incoming based on timings What happened: • I’m a member of the gym that uses this car park, so I’m an authorised user. • I…
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Urgent help needed. Late defence for PCN small claim.
[Image removed by Forum Team] Got my dates mixed up. haven’t filed my defence within the time frame. Have logged on to MCOL - no default judgement listed there. what should I do? This PCN was given for overstaying in a retail park car park. It hasn’t been appealed or sent a letter of complaint. If it’s still ok to lodge…
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Is this CCJ - should I pay or ignore ?
Hi all, need urgent advice. Claimant: Euro Car Parks Limited Solicitors: DCB Legal Ltd Amount: £295.84 Judgment date: 19 March 2026 Entered: in default Timeline: Received parking charge ~2 years ago Appealed → rejected DCB Legal chased repeatedly, I ignored believing the charge was wrong Never responded to the court claim…
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Smart Parking DCB Money Claim
I received a money claim from Smart Parking. I have submitted the AOS and intend to send this for my defence. The Claimant's sparse case lacks specificity and does not comply with CPR 16.4, 16PD3 or 16PD7, failing to 'state all facts necessary for the purpose of formulating a complete cause of action'. The added…
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Court Claim sent to wrong address even when correct address given
Hello all! Hope all is well. I am posting this on behalf of a friend. Received a few PCN from MET parking Services Ltd when at my old address. Was in the middle of a house move so I ignored all letters until I received a 'Letter of Claim' from DCBLegal dated 12/12/25 to my old house. (The "contraventions" happened before…
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ECP/DCB Legal case 2026 amended POC submitted to local court
Parking event 20/06/2023 at car park managed by ECP (APNR controlled}. Breach of Terms and Conditions "Vehicle parked without a valid Pay by Phone Transition" As I had no phone with me, my daughter attempted to pay. First 2 hours free then following hour over was a £1 charge. I knew I was over their 2 hr free period (Time…
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DCBL letter for parking fine from 3 years ago!
Can anyone help me with this please, I’ve received a letter today for a parking fine from over 3 years ago. I know nothing about this fine and have never received anything prior. The parking charge number is not recognised on the original companies(smart parking limited) site and they don’t have a telephone number to…
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CCJ from Parkingeye. Claim form not received as driver resides abroad. Can I set aside?
I have recently been advised that I could request to set aside this CCJ based on the fact that I reside overseas and the claim forms were not served correctly. My car is registered with DVLA at my UK holiday home address, so the claim forms were sent there while I was residing overseas. I did not discover them until last…
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Parking tickets sent to wrong address
Hi guys. I've been looking through the newbies thread, along with using the parking fines chatbot, but I am still having issues working out what my next step should be. This is the situation I am currently in: Back in December, I was about to go over the free parking allowance in an ASDA car park. When I went to pay for…
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CCJ Delivered to Old Address - Spring Parking/DCBL
Firstly, thanks to everyone on the forum for their advice, it has been really useful to date. I’ll try to keep this brief as it relates to a parking charge in May 2018. Spring Parking operated in the private car park where I lived and I ‘failed to display a valid permit’ (in the car parking space I owned). I actually spoke…
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Britannia admit NtK is non-POFA.
Hi I had an NtK for Bromley Police Station access road, the same location as this: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6573114/14-day-limit/p1 The date of NtK was 20 days after the alleged contravention. In my initial appeal I said I was the keeper, and only mentioned the 14 day limit (I had not discovered this…
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Fines for parking in residential spaces with outdated signage
Hi all, Apologies in advance for the long post! At the end of January I received two windscreen PCNs from The Parking Space Ltd. (IPC/IAS members) for parking in a marked bay outside my residential flat building. Both PCNs were issued within 19 hours of one another. These bays had been used by residents in the building for…
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Sanity Check Request- VCS parking charges
Hi all, I’d really appreciate a sense-check from the forum on whether I’ve handled this correctly and how strong my position is if this escalates further. Thanks in advance, and also thank you to everyone who contributes to the excellent resources here. — I’m a tenant in a gated residential development in England with an…
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(PCN) & again, DCBL debt collection letter
I have been here before with Highview/NEXUS and DCBL - that ran for a while and, unsurprisingly they pulled out about 2 weeks prior to the arranged court date. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6444684/pcn-private-car-park-highview-already-at-debt-collector-stage/p1 I am back again in surprisingly similar…
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UKPC Parking Charge for Motorcycle
Hi all, first time posting on here. Apologies for the long post, I thought I would explain what happened, what my thought process was and what actions I've taken so far, and also upload photos of the parking area as well as all the letters that I have received to date from UKPC, so you have all the info. Any assistance…
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Parking Code evidence - your images of private parking signs are needed please!
This thread started life as a discussion about the DLUHC's Call for Evidence but EDITED 2025: Let's kick this off again in 2025 as evidence for the MHCLG for the Summer Public Consultation. We need evidence of private parking t&cs signs. If you take photos yourself, please show them as a screenshot to show the date a photo…
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I dropped a B*****K! (WIFE VERY MAD!)
Hi Guys Excuse the dramatic title but this is actually life and death lol! Ok SO shortest version I can give, just want a little advice as to whether to use this in "her" you (get it yet) defence. To start we have a disabled badge, this was placed on the dashboard by the wife, cannot for the life of me understand how but…
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Blue badge parking
Good morning all , Happy Easter , I'm hoping that you can help me with a query , I parked in a parking bay on a public street today , the parking spot was clearly marked with a white box and a single yellow line, no markers regarding loading only , taxis etc , I parked there just after 1800 ( it's difficult to see on the…
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UKCPS ticket gone to Trace Debt Recovery
Hi, In late September I got 2 tickets from UKCPS in my Uni Accommodation car park which I tried to appeal but failed and paid the £60 charge on both. I did contact the university themselves before paying and they said I broke the parking agreement and I had to pay. Anyway, I got a letter from Trace debt recovery this…
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Contradictory charge amount signs within UKPC car park
Hello all! I recently parked in McDonald's situated in a retail park area (MetroCentre retail park). The retail park has a 4 hour limit enforced by UKPC, which I was aware of. However it turns out the McDonald's section of the car park has a 90 minute limit, also enforced by UKPC....which I wasn't aware of and overstayed…
