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NCP - Advice for technically overstaying
Hi, I’m looking for some advice about a Parking Charge to Keeper I received. I have appealed and that appeal was rejected but they seem to have reduced the “discounted” amount to £20. The notice shows the ANPR cameras pick up the car entering at 17:57 and leaving at 23:39. A parking ticket was bought at 18:02 for £4 and…
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Defence para 3 for ParkingEye court claim
Hi all, Here is my paragraph 3 for the template defense for a money claim from ParkingEye, please could I receive any constructive feedback? The situation was a car park in Manchester, no affiliation to next door hotel or other businesses, with an online only payment system. The 23 minute stay was attempting to connect to…
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DCB legal Euro Car Parks Claim form Nov. 25
Hello all, received the below last week. I've completed the acknowledgement of service online, I'll be looking to draft and submit my defence in the next week. Will post on here for views when completed
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Unfair PCN parking fines for permit road?
I bought and moved into a new house on 8th August and spent weeks going back and forth with my local council and MiPermit who issue the permits. I didn't have my permit approved until 28th August and I received 7 PCNs during the period I was trying to arrange my permit. I challenged all the PCNs within 2 weeks but didn't…
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APCOA - Newport Station
Had a NTK come through after the car received a ticket back in October. Even though it was originally a ticket placed on the car, should we follow the same process as before in this thread? https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6625097/newbie-apcoa-parking-charge-at-gloucester-train-station#latest I also…
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Multiple PCNs from Smart Parking whilst an employee of restaurant on site.
I have trawled the forum but couldn’t find any other case quite like this, but apologies if it has been discussed before. My eldest child has been hit with multiple PCNs from Smart Parking due to exceeding the free time limit whilst at work for a restaurant on the retail park they control. The normal procedure would be for…
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Resident Permit parking Penalty when I have a permit
Hi all. If someone can please help me that would be great! So basically, I live in a residential area in Blackburn, Lancashire. I pay my yearly permit parking fees to park my car outside my house or anywhere on the street. I have been living in this house for over a year and I have never kept a physical permit in my car as…
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POPLA appeal advice needed - APCOA Hospital charges
Hi and thanks to all for all the information on here so far. I received several charges from APCOA over the period of a couple of months. I am a staff member at the hospital where APOCA manages the car parking for both staff and visitors via ANPR. I had a valid parking permit which lapsed without them notifying me. As a…
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CEL and Mediation Comedy Win
Firstly I followed all the great advice and steps to get me to this point and I'm calling this one a win, if not the most oddest win for me to date. I had the mediation appointment this morning and as per the guidance I offered a token amount to settle out of court. As I was in a KFC when I overstayed my welcome by 6…
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Car lease company paid PCN
Hello all I read the following 2 threads before writing an email to my car leasing company and am after some feedback if anyone can offer any: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6506031/parking-notices-paid-by-leasing-company…
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Total Parking Solutions & DCB Legal - Harlesden Claim Form
I have received the attached claim form, but I do not recall this incident. I am the registered keeper of the vehicle, however I was not the driver. I have used the standard template defence without making any additions. I have recently received another PCN for the same location. Fortunately, the site now accepts payment…
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Premier park parking fine
I have received a PCN from premier parking for not displaying a valid parking ticket, I had purchased a ticket but unfortunately when shutting the van door the wind has blown it over, showing the back side of the ticket purchased. Although i agree with the fact that i hadn't displayed a valid parking ticket, the machine in…
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Help needed with Claim form defence for Gladstone/UKPCM, parking charge in residential parking
Hi All, Would like some advice please. I am the owner of a flat I am renting out. I was attending my flat and parked next to my parking bay but not within the bay. My bay had my tenant's parked car. My tenant had told me they would vacate this as he was leaving and would give me back the permit while I was there but…
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Another PCN from Smart Parking
I have received a claim form with Issue Date of 28 October 2025 from Smart Parking with DCBLegal representing for an alleged PCN for failing to pay for the full duration of the parking period in 2020 I have submitted AoS on 14/11/2025. I have also sent a SAR to Smart Parking Ltd and they said they could not find anything…
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NEWBIE - APCOA Parking charge at Gloucester train station
An APCOA parking charge was received for non-payment of parking at the Gloucester station overflow car park. The issue date is within the 14 days but it didn't get delivered until a week after the issue date, however the letter conveniently doesn't have any form of post mark to show that. I have seen some threads before…
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Just got a £60 parking fine in McDonald's. Look out. Happy Christmas
Just got a £60 parking fine in McDonald's. Look out. Happy Christmas Stopped in for a McD and couple days later I received a parking fine? I didn't even know there were parking restrictions in McD car parks. I thought they were private. Called customer service but they not bothered. How do McDodgy parking companies even…
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Registered Users Only on PRIVATE LAND
Hi MSE Forum , I am a newbie and have gone through the newbie guidance and used that to submit the AOS so would like to thank you all for all your advise in past posts as it really feels like it helped me but would like to ask for more advise if i may for filling in the template that you provided as i have gone through…
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UKPC PCN Not Parked Correctly Within Markings
Registered keeper received this PCN in the post after the period of the reduced £60 fee (keeper lives in a new build and only gets post a few times per week), Driver had a newborn baby at the time and the car is a 3 door car and there were no parent/child spaces available after driving around multiple times and waiting for…
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Word limit when using the MCOL to file the defence
After we discussed this some time back, I wrote to the CCBC to ask for clarification about the character/word limit of submitting a defence using the MCOL form. This was because the MCOL user guide states (for claimants): However, there is no such guidance for defendants who may want or accidentally use the defence box.…
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Letter of claim received from DCB Legal
About 3 years ago, I went to pick up a heater off a student who was living at some flats and was moving out. I went to address he gave and when I got there he said to me he was unable to carry it down so I said I would be able to help and asked where to leave my car. He said just here is fine hes a resident anyway so I…
