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Parking tickets, fines & parking

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DCB Legal Court Claim
Hi, can anyone please offer me some help/advice? I have read through the newbie thread a few times in relation to this ongoing parking ticket and I have been trying to follow the advice as best as possible. In short, I received a parking ticket from Euro car park limited that I did not receive as I was not living at the…
Trace Debt Recovery / Forecourt Eye – Final Notice for Cloned Plates Incident (Need Advice)
Hi all, I'm really hoping someone here can offer some guidance, as I’ve exhausted every avenue I can think of and I’m now facing a final notice from Trace Debt Recovery. A while ago, I received a letter alleging that I had taken fuel without payment. I immediately appealed this, as it became clear that my vehicle’s number…
APOCA Station Parking Ticket
Hi All, A windscreen ticket was recently issued to a car for which I am the keeper in a APCOA managed railway station car park. Having some experience with these, I waited for the NTK to arrive in the post and appealed it at the last possible date - with the aim of getting to 6 months. I used the blue text as keeper from…
Can i appeal fine for overstaying?
I used a privately run car park next to a children's playground as was with my 2 year old grandson. It was mid afternoon and I intended to stop only for an hour as we were on our way home. I paid for 1 hour. However I forgot about the time (at 62 years old playing with my grandson time just slipped by). It was about 20-25…
10k pro bono costs order against excel
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Defence help please ***updated*** now at WS stage
Hello, Have been following this brilliant Forum for some time now, have read many a useful thread and taken copious notes along the way, which have really helped me through to the stage of writing my Defence. The deadline for submitting this is a week today - 26th June - but I am keen to get it done and submitted by this…
private "ticket" from North West Parking Ltd, pursued by DCBL. Won court case.
Hi all. I wish I had discovered this forum sooner - might have done the initial steps differently. On evening of 28th December we went to try restaurant in Hartlepool Marina. (only had to because nothing to eat as £120 ASDA delivery didn't turn up which they claimed did and spent 3months complaining, but this is a…
DCB Legal CCJ
I have received a CCJ from DCB legal, £330.66 to be paid immediately I dispute the charge as I’ve sent them numerous emails over the years this has been ongoing and I think I left the car park 3 minutes later due to it being busy, and they’re now trying to charge me this. Is there anything I can do? Help
1 month of entering CCJ period (Mar 2025) - Gladstones solicitors/ BW Legal - UK Car Park Management
Hello all, I have gone through the Newbie thread and read the relevant threads. I really would appreciate any help/advice on whether to pay the fees or if it is possible to dispute. Background: * I received circa x3 parking notice letters last year April/May 2024 from UK Car Park Management Limited. * I was not parked at…
Smart parking fine
Hi al, After parking somewhere where i misread the signs and misinformed by restaurant employees i overstayed in a car park and there was no way to pay the excess time so i received i fine. After going through a few posts in here i appealed the decision using the template text choosing i was not the driver as a reason.…
Failed appeal
Hi, I recently appealed to Smart Parking using the general template, and I received a response, which I’ve attached. I’m a bit confused about the next steps, even after reviewing the "newbies" guide, as it doesn’t seem to be a letter of claim. Could you please assist me with what to do next? Thank you!
Received a letter from County Court Business Centre
Hello everyone and thank you all for your help on this forum. It is a great thing I found this forum. I apologies in advance if I was not supposed to open new thread, but after reading through Posts for Newbies and many other Posts and threads by other user the advice I found was if you received CCBC Northampton letter to…
Help with defence - Civil Enforcement Ltd / DCB Legal
Hi all, I have been studying this forum, having received a POC from CEL, via DCB Legal. PCN is from July 2022 after I parked in the Pharmacy car park to collect a prescription for my wife. She has this prescription every month owing to a life long condition, however unbeknownst to me, the parking had changed to "permit…
Belfast City Airport - Charge Notice
I received the following as RK of the vehicle. I was not the driver and nor was I present. There are a number of people who have permission and insurance to drive my car. Basically, it's being alleged that the vehicle stopped where stopping is prohibited. As I'm in Northern Ireland I will follow the ignore advice, all the…
NPC DBCL Claim
Good afternoon everyone, And thanks to all contributors for their unevaluable inputs, in particular the regular ones. Conscious same information is often repeated over and over I spent a fair amount of time on the forum doing my homework but would like your thoughts on my case to be sure I'm on the right path. A bit of…
Help with POPLA appeal with NCP
Hello, (Newbie here) Need some advice on a POPLA appeal and what grounds to use in my appeal. I regularly use a specific car park and always pay the parking fee without any issues. However, at some point (possibly around January 2025), the management changed from Parking Eye to NCP. The signage indicating this change was…
Met Parking Services - Notice to Hirer, no mention of POFA
Hello, I would appreciate some help on how to challenge a Notice to Hirer I have received. The hire company received a postal PCN and gave Met Parking my details as hirer of the vehicle. No other documents accompanied the NtH as required by POFA, but the NtH does not mention POFA. Therefore, I am not sure whether I can use…
Received parking fine due to road markings not visible, how should I proceed?
Was parked not using my car in disabled bay, my blue badge was used & time set accordingly. Got out the car saw no lines only gone for 1 hour. Came back to fine on window screen.The car was parked over the box I didn’t see any box. My argument is no visible line seen on the drivers side only can be seen if you get on the…
DCB Letter Of Claim
Hi all, Hope I'm posting in the right order. I received a letter of claim from DCB Legal and responded with the template response and have received this email back: We respond to your email dated 4 March 2025 as follows. The parking charge has been issued due to the vehicle remaining on private property in breach of the…
MET fine (Stansted Starbucks)
Hi guys, I submitted the appeal using appeal Template given on the newbies thread, that as a keeper I don't agree to accept fine, MET Parking have replied asking for proof of purchase at Starbucks, I missed the email because I understood that the "response in writing" would be sent via post and I waited for the letter…

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