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Latest Misleading DRP letter. One for Trading Standards?
Found this posted on LinkedIn: The letter reads: "Urgent Reminder - Pay by 20.03.2025 or a CCJ can be issued against you After several warnings about non-payment consequences, your parking charge remains unpaid. If you fail to make payment a CCJ can be issued against you. Your total fees could rise to €280 if you lose in…
Witness Statement for Overstay - Bad Signage
Hi Everyone I’ve been reading the threads following the really helpful advice to challenge a Parking Invoice and claim from UKPC (with extended harassment and threats from DCB Legal) which has been ongoing since Spring 2019. I’ve not asked for help before however I have now have been given a court date (see attached doc)…
Stupid and funny
A bit of light relief. This popped up on my Facebook today. "No Parking At Any Time" Sort of defeats the point of a car park doesn't it?
APCOA - railway station - keyed wrong digits
This discussion was created from comments split from: **NEWBIES!! PRIVATE PARKING TICKET? OLD OR NEW? **READ THESE FAQS FIRST!** Thankyou!.
ParkMaven PCN
Good evening! We parked our car next to McDonald’s. We were with children, and since there is a soft play area inside McDonald’s, the children spent three hours there. After 16 days, we received a PCN. I called McDonald’s to clarify why we were fined, and they told me that the parking is private. They said they could try…
3 questions re: BW Legal claim
I have three questions which relate to whether I should pay a parking fine. The facts are as follows: Last Summer at a car park in Cornwall using the Ringgo app I paid for three hours but mistakenly due to an error with the Ringgo app overstayed by 71 minutes. The parking operator was therefore deprived of somewhere in the…
DCBL Notice of intended legal action
Hi, newbie here struggling to find my way around! How can I find the letter template to send retail park management to try and get this cancelled? I took my mum shopping and we forgot to leave the blue badge on display and now have this £170 "fine" Any help really appreciated.
Liverpool Airport VCS
After using this forum to do my defence /witness statements etc and it being frankly a great help there is some things I would share from my recent experience 1 They might have not pictures but CCTV of you so while I admitted being driver anyway it could make you look silly in court 2 The forbidding signage /moving vehicle…
CCJ Tomlin/ Set aside
Hi all, i discovered i received 5 ccjs from uk car park management a year ago for parking tickets on my old car following a credit search. I was no longer residing at my old address where the letters were coming therefore was unaware of the ccjs. I applied to have the ccjs set aside however the judge denied this stating…
Excel Parking Claim for money
Hi, sorry newbie not sure how to get started but help and advice much appreciated please. Have now received a money claim with Court Documents so two responses haven't managed to stop them pursuing this. Received NTK dated 07/10/24. Contravention: 01/09/24. Car park has ANPR so no notice to driver issued. I've stated twice…
DCBL writing to me about a parking charge from 2019
Hi all, I've been a member for many years but have had to join again due to my old email address no longer existing. Re. my query, I've read through a lot of the parking charge threads over the years but I've got an odd question I can't find the answer to. It appears that in 2019 I had a parking charge at a supermarket car…
Gladstones solicitors letter before claim
Hi there, I received two fines one on the 20th March 2024 and 17th of April 2024. Though they were private land fines and I threw them away, if I check the pcns now nothing comes up. I have now received a letter from gladstones solicitors on the 19th December 2024 and I have checked the newbie thread with how to respond to…
N180 Form/Directions Questionnaire Received
Hi I been Following NEWBIES Thread for challenging parking ticket i received from Euro Parking Services, now i received N180 Directions Questionnaire (30 oct 2024) and wanted some help with this please. What is the email address for the court i can send N180 Form to? Can i electronically Sign this form ? DO i need to send…
UKPC windscreen for private space
I received a windscreen ticket in January and quickly messaged their appeal process (my bad didn’t see this forum before then thought would be cut and dry SHAME ON ME) and have since received an response… I own the space I was using. I am physically and cognitively disabled and have an adapted car. I’m legally allowed to…
WS stage for parking fine
Hello, I've followed all the information on here so far which has been so helpful but im at the witness statement stage and it just looks so daunting and my head just can't take it all in. Basically I was fined for not paying the correct amount, (19 mins over i think? On my defence that i sent off I mentioned I had no…
Civil Enforcement Ltd CEL POPLA Stage appeal
As always, thanks to the newbie thread to start the appeal process. I completed the first stage of the appeal in line with the thread and did not identify the driver etc. I have now received a response below and have been provided with a POPLA code. Original Parking Fine: Response: From what I have read, and reviewing the…
Plymouth port car park
Hi everyone, I'm new here..thank you for taking the time to read this.. I've received a county court claim for the same car park highlighted in this thread..and could use some advice please. Alleged contravention was in March this year. Only received reminder and not the first NTK. Wrote to them requesting further details…
Premier Parking Enforcement Ltd - Digbeth Court, Birmingham - Not parked wholly within marked bay
Original letters including overdue payment letter sent to wrong address in September 2024 accusing parking not wholly within marked bay although signage did not explain this. Received letter to my address from Gladstone Solicitors demanding £265 for a PCN which they had sent me no evidence for and the matter was put on…
PCM / Moorside Legal are taking me to Small Claims Court
Hi Everyone. I have been dealing with this issue for almost two years and I really wish I saw this forum ages ago, it would have helped. You've helped a lot of people and I am hoping I can be one of them too. * Parking Charge Notice received early 2023. * Issue date on the claim form is 21st October 2024, * I did an AOS on…
DRP Text Message on behalf of Premier Park Ltd
Hi, I have received a text message today from DRP in relation to a PCN from Premier Park Ltd. I have moved address twice since last Summer and despite forwarding my post both times and changing my address with DVLA, reading between the lines, I have been issued with a PCN that I still have no knowledge of. I have tried to…

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