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Smart Parking DCB Legal defence-
Hello i received a claim form from smart parking limited through the court of Northampton: saying that i park in 2023: The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C) for a Parking Charge (PC) issued to vehicle at Brook Retail Park Hereford. 2. The date of contravention is 08/12/2023 and the D was issued with a PC by the…
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Smart Parking Ltd PCN – Unpaid Charge – Beechfield Hotel Car Park 1, Blackpool
Hey all, I received a PCN from Smart Parking Ltd in 2022, for the Beechfield Hotel Car Park 1 in Blackpool. They have ANPR captures of my vehicle entering the site at 16:33:54, and leaving the site at 16:47:54. During that timeframe, I had attempted to pay for parking via the RingGo website. After submitting payment…
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Court Parking Charge Money Claim
Hello all, I am looking for some advice in relation to a court claim i have received in relation to a parking charge from 2023. The below are the particulars of the claim: 1. The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C) for a Parking Charge (PC) issued to vehicle **** *** at [redacted locstion] 2. The date of…
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Smart Parking Ltd / DCB Legal
This discussion was created from comments split from: Parking Claim defended, now Directions Questionnaire/mediation.
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Parking advice please
Last year, I received a fine from 5years ago and DBC Legal has been chasing me back and forth for the last year. I moved house in 2021 and didn't receive anything there at the time. At one point, they agreed to reduce it to £60 from over £300. I have been asking the company to provide me with proof that I didn't pay and I…
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Smart Parking / DCB Legal claim (Aug 2023) - no recollection of NTK, POFA para 4 query
Hi all, I've read the NEWBIES thread and several recent Smart Parking / DCB Legal claim threads, including Micky2022's defence, and would appreciate some guidance before I finalise my defence. Timeline 28 August 2023 – Alleged parking event. 9 February 2024 – Credit Style tracing letter asking me to confirm my…
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CCJ
Hello. I received a smart parking fine over 2 years ago which I appealed due to the timings we were there. I never heard back from the appeal which makes me think they never received it or they choose to ignore it. Since then, I have received numerous letters from different companies requesting the payment which I have not…
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Absurd Parking "charge" - Lidl
Got a parking ticket in the Lidl car park…. while I was in the store shopping. I was less than an hour. Literally using their shop (have the reciept to prove i bought stuff in Lidl). Would you just ignore, complain to Lidl, or engage "parking eye"?
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Got letter from HM court after 5 years
Got 8 parking tickets at same place back in 2021. I am a childminder and I used to pick up children from school. At that time they recently changed the parking system so parents could not park over there. I came to know about it when I started receiving tickets. . I contacted parking appeal firm. I did not receive 1 ticket…
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Britannia Parking PCN - Rock Street, OL1 3UH
I took my two year old child to the cinema and parked at Rock Street. I took a photo of the pay by phone code intending to pay for parking while we rushed to the cinema. Unfortunately the app was not loading properly on my phone and with the distraction of getting a young child settled I did not complete the payment at…
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DCB Legal - Acknowledgment filed/Next Steps?
Hi All, I have been attempting to follow the advice on this very helpful thread and am now in a position where I have filed my acknowledgement of service (28/05/2026) through the Money Claims Portal, and I believe I must now submit my defence by the 14th of June. I was planning on making use of the defence template I have…
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Advice for Defence for overstay at private car park - Gladstones
So I've used the extra wording template with the links to cel v akande etc for this case as its with Gladstones and the POC is so vague simply saying 'was parked in breach of terms of parking on the signage'. Now this was almost a year and a half ago so in all honestly I can barely remember the details but think the…
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Parking firm iPark at Gatwick 'left holidaymakers stranded' /// SCAMMERS
I was caught up in this scam last Sunday. Ipark attendant did not turn up to take my keys and would not answer the mobile phone I was told to call on arrival.. Then I see many people in the same boat as me some waiting many hours as their car couldn't be found! Some were stolen! I had to pay a huge short stay car park fee…
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Smart parking fine
Hello all i have received a letter from debt recovery plus for a overstaying the permitted time at Bentley bridge Wolverhampton. The creditor is smart parking ltd. In this letter it states I have received previous letters and have not responded although I haven’t received any other letters. I have spoke with debt recovery…
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Doctor fights back.
https://premium.lincsonline.co.uk/stamford/news/judge-overturns-gp-s-parking-fine-at-surgery-9470578/
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Small claim from Carflow Moorside overstay
Hello, PCN relates to a parking event which took place on 21-Feb-22 between 16:13 and 19:35, with a stay duration of 3 hours 22 minutes. After entering the site, Payment was made at 16:20 for 3 hours. Carflow is claiming an overstay for 22 minutes. Do I technically overstay from the minutes I entered or from the time when…
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Defending against Parking Eye Claim form for visit to GP
I have received a County Court Claim Form from DCB Legal on behalf of ParkingEye relating to a parking event at a GP surgery used for NHS out-of-hours services on a Saturday in September 2025. The facts: The driver attended the site for a legitimate NHS out-of-hours appointment accompanying a child The driver used the…
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Manchester airport fine appeal refused
Hello everyone, Just looking for a bit of advice really. I received a parking fine for T3 drop off zone at Manchester airport. I tried to appeal it with APCOA but unfortunately did not see the template on this forum until after the fact. Once it was rejected I found the template and tried to appeal with POPLA which has…
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I finally received the County Court claim after 5.9 years
This is the third time I'll be asking for help here, which has been invaluable so far. As with my last post, here's a TL;DR of the situation: * Drove onto the named car park. * Passenger got out to pay at the machine. * Huge queue at the machine. * Passenger finally get to machine, machine won't accept the reg. * Passenger…
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Civil Enforcement Ltd / Defence sense-check please, filing Monday
Claude Ai advised that this is the best place to get some feedback / advice on the defence i need to post by Monday. All help appreciated. Part of the reason i was there longer in the car park was I was helping another lady customer there get her car started, her engine kept stalling - left off the defence so far as…
