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Parking fine using EV charger
I’ve been advised to start a new thread (newbie here!) In Fort William at a Premier Inn there was a fast charger showed up on my Charging App so we went to use. Saw no signage about any car park restrictions, genuinely. Then out of the blue got a letter from ParkMaven (?!) with £160 charge!!! I appealed with attached…
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UKCPM / BW LEGAL Residential Car Park Court Claim Defence Help
Hi All, I've received a Court Claim from BWLegal / UKCPM for parking in the residential car park where I live. The letters are addressed to my address which is where the alleged breach occurred. I stay with family. I am currently drafting my defence. I'm thinking about copying some of the elements from this post. What do I…
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Bank Park - Where do I go from here?
I am looking for advice on my situation. A month or so ago, I parked in a car park over the weekend. Right next to where I parked was a parking meter and this showed that the parking was free. I still got a free 'ticket'. When I visited my car on the Saturday night, I realised there was a parking meter in the far corner of…
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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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Received a claim form for parking at work parking space
Hello and thank you to all the brilliant guys who help
others on this website. I have received a claim form from Northampton on 3 Oct
and the AoS was sent the next day. The claimant is National Parking Management
LTD and Gladstones is their representative. I have read many threads on the
website and found one which is very…
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Enterprise car club, private parking penalty notice!
Hi, can anyone help with this one I seen another discussion, but there’s no ending to it?! Hired a car with Enterprise car Club and sometime after received an email from them in regards to a parking notice from Euro car parks. (I didn’t manage to pay for parking as the app and online service kept bringing up an error…
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Claim Form
I have taken no action on a parking notice and the debt collector’s letters or on the Letter of Claim. I’ve now received a Claim Form from the court. Can I ask advice on how best to proceed please (can’t find a specific reference this in the Newbies thread). It is from Euro Car Parks and the original notice from 2024 was…
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DCBLegal response to newbie template!
Hi, Posting this on behalf of my other half who's been trying to contest a LOC sent by DCBLegal. They've had this response through after using the template in the newbie guides. They're not too sure what the next step is after this and are getting a little bit worried about whether they'll need to pay! Any advice would be…
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Penalty Charge Notice - Grounds to Appeal
Hello, I have received a PCN from Swansea Council for allegedly parking in a taxi rank. The "photos" at the top of the letter have been left blank, as attached. Therefore, I went to the council website to appeal. However, the photos are visible on the appeals page. I would like to know if I have grounds to appeal due…
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Euro Car Parks Sainsbury’s Dartford, Kent
Hi I recently appealed a pcn from euro car parks for a 12 minute overstay. I did not say who the driver was as it actually wasn’t myself. However the driver at the time had to download and set up an app to be able to park. So the paid parking time covered the exit time. The 12 minutes were at the start of the entry period…
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ECP/DCB Legal court claim
Hi all, Had a Letter Before Claim letter arrive today (pic attached with details obscured) with reply form and financial statement form. Having read all the Newbie thread I'm slightly confused to be honest. The Letter Before Claim is from CST Law but states they are instructed by Euro Car Parks. Is this a real LBC or am I…
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Is it worth appealing?
Hi all, before I begin I do want to say that I have indeed read all the advice and steps included on the main website as well as the pinned thread here. I’m disabled so I’m a bit unclear still. I received a postal PCN from a company called ‘Premier Park’, they are a member of the BPA. As far as I can tell, they have…
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UKPC DCBLegal LoC draft advice
Hi all, I have received an LoC from DCB Legal with regards to a parking contravention at a retail park, I responded with the default appeal template which they asked to identify the driver and referred to POPLA but I never pursued that as the response email got lost. The actual contravention was parking over the line as I…
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Pursued by Moorside Legal
I would value advice on my case with Moorside. This is the latest correspondence received from Moorside…. We write in response to your email below. Our answers to your questions are as follows: * The additional charge which has been levied on your Parking Charge of £70 is the amount set out in both the British Parking…
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PCN Not Wholly Within Designated Bay - Teesside Park, Stockton
Hi all, I received a PCN from Minster Baywatch for 'not parking wholly within the designated bay.' I'm currently in the process of putting together my POPLA appeal using the incredible advice and templates on the Newbies thread re: signage, landowner authority etc. However I wonder if the learned pros on this sub could…
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Trace Debt recovery and Moorside Legal. Parking fine.
Hi. I'm posting on behalf of my husband just to get a bit of advice. In 2024 he got a parking fine from being in his allocated parking space at work, but forgot to display his permit. He ignored the initial letters. However when the passed it to Trace and it was £170, he paid up later the same year . Since then he has been…
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Northampton Railway Station Penalty Notice As Automated App Payment Didn't Work
Hi. The driver parked in "Northampton Main" railway car park on 23/07/2025. Despite being set-up on the "Trust" car parking app which is supposed to cover this car park and automatically pay the fees on exit, it failed to do so and a penalty notice dated 31/07/2025 has been received by the registered keeper from Saba Park…
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PRIVATE PARKING CHARGE - BANK PARK MANAGEMENT LTD - PASSED TO GCTT ENFORCEMENT AGENTS
August this year I parked at a train station car park, used the app to make payment - I had to travel a fair distance to collect a car, I had to cancel my trip halfway and return as the car wasn’t ready. I went back to park the next day, checking the app I read the parking ticket would last me into midnight of the next…
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So frustrating, PCN from Nationwide Parking Control - Enderby Wharf
I am genuinely sick and tired of these. How is it legal to send this while waiting for someone. For context I had a prebooked job (private hire) and was waiting for passengers to board and somehow just somehow I had someone whom i had no idea was there taking photos of my vehicle. I am using a hire vehicle. How is it even…
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Group Nexus overstayed parking charge due to preorder queue.
For context, I arrived at a retail business car park at 6:40am to queue up for the pokemon preorder on the 25th of October at SmythToys. I queued until 11:30am and gave up as SmythToys system just could not get back online. I did end up buying some small packs but lost the physical receipt but can take a screenshot on the…
