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Stansted fine… from 8 months ago!
I took my son away for the February half term and my boyfriend dropped us off at the airport. Both of us forgot to pay the drop off charge, but it was my car so the fine came to me. I used the template I’ve seen circulating on these forums to appeal the fine. The template is obviously worded a lot better, but the gist of…
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Apologies in advance, require some advice/help regarding G24 LTD and DCB Legal letter of claim
First of all can I apolgise. Despite trying to follow the newbies threads and other cases and advice for hours, I simply do not know the next steps for my case and before I give up and pay it, I thought I would create my own thread which I know is annoying and I'm sure all the advice I need is on this board but there is so…
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CUP Enforcement - Watford
2 x PCNs for the popular trap adjacent to Sainsburys, Watford I have left it very late to post my own thread and it is not worth me trying to give reasons or excuses. I am asking for opinions on my situation and on my amendments to the template defence. I have until Monday 25th August to post my defence. I have been…
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BridgePAM ticket
Hi, I as keeper received a Parking Charge from BridgePAM. The letter was dated 27 June for 'Unauthorised Parking'. I am planning to appeal in the first instance using the generic wording in the Newbies Guide. I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle. I deny any liability or contractual agreement and I…
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"Letter of claim" from DCB legal. Northern Ireland
Hi there! Sorry if this is repetitive but I'm really anxious about this as money is a bit tight. My car apparently overstayed at a Belfast Euro Car park last year, I have since sold the car and moved to England but the letters followed me. I ignored them. Now I have this letter of claim from DCB legal asking for £170. My…
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Claim Form received
I’ve received a Claim Form regarding a parking ticket from 20/08/23. I can’t remember but I think it’s one I may have appealed. We overstayed our time but it was because we were blocked in whilst trying to leave. We’d parked in an overflow area of grass and there was a fun fair on and it was busy when we were trying to…
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Euro Car Parks - Notice to Keeper
I wonder if you can advise me on how to deal with this please. My partner received a Notice to Keeper (issued on 13/8/25) from Euro Car Parks for parking @ the Blackheath Road Greenwich retail park from around 8.45pm till 10.45pm. He is being asked to pay £100.
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Received Parking Charge Notice after car broken down in supermarket car park
Hello All, I have read the newbies page and advice. Apologies if I have posted incorrectly. I would appreciate some clarification on some points. I was in a supermarket Car Park and returned within the allotted time to find the car broken down. No breakdown rescue telephone number or account details to hand so had to…
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HELP Received HM Court claim form for a car we no longer owned
We have received a court claim form for an unpaid parking ticket. We had sold our car back in FEB 2022 The ticket offence was in March 2022, one month after selling it. We did receive letters from the company Parkingeye in the post and did try to call them when we received the first letter but no answer. After that we just…
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CP Plus Ltd - Nexus - Parking Charge Notice
Good day Forumites and other Newbies! Just want to say I've really found your forum useful, but think it's time I get some help. I use a company car and our fleet team forwarded me a parking charge notice from "GroupNexus" that was received on 31/10/2025. The thing is I was out of the country when the alleged parking…
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Is this grounds for a successful Popla appeal? Payment operator changed
Many colleagues and I used a particular car park next to our office since we moved there approx 2 years ago. The car park payment provider was RingGo. Last week we all started receiving PCNs. £100 per day each. It turns out that Ringgo no longer are the payment provider but we have receipts confirming we paid Ringgo on the…
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Parking charge notice for failing to enter reg no but no way to enter on machine?
Hi all, I parked on City of London-owned land but parking enforced by Horizon. Received a parking charge (yellow sticker on windscreen) for failing to comply with terms. I had a valid ticket visible on the dash which expired at 16:36 and the charge was issued around 16:00. Evidence pics on the portal were not close enough…
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3x DCBL money claim letters
Hi All I new to this forum and have searched for templates to write back to money claim online, my wife has recieved 3 different parking charges. I was told to ignore all letter by a friend which I did and now I have 3x moneyclaim letters from Civil National Business Centre for all 3 charges. Wife parked and forgot the…
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VCS, DCB LEGAL, court hearing fee paid
hello everyone, I received a claim form and I have managed to file an acknowledgement of service. Now I have to file my defence. Is there a way I could be help with the defence please. The parking charge was issued because it took me about 20 mins to pay due to EXCEL PARKING APP playing up, even though I paid for the whole…
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Received a letter saying a notice to keeper was previously sent
Just got back from being away for a week to find a parking charge letter from PCM. It says it is in relation to a PCN incurred on 22/01/2026. Date of posting this notice was 26/02/2026 and Date this notice is given is 02/03/2026. Does the fact i never received the first parking charge letter have any effect on the appeal?…
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Pre mediation call - getting calls from DCB legal
A couple of weeks before the mediation call and I’m getting calls from DCB Legal. Haven’t answered any of the calls and have now blocked them. Do you think they want to make an offer? Is it advisable to answer their calls? Are they even allowed to call me now that it is in a court process?
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I'm New Here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I exceeded my parking time with Euro car parks by 1 hour and 20 minutes and they have sent me a £60 fine. I sent them the receipt of paid parking up to 16:00 hrs with my appeal asking nicely if they could reconsider this and cancel the charge based on -Partial payment being made - Disproportionate charge The appeal was…
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MET Park ticket from 2023
Hi everyone, Background: Back in 2023, I went to pick up someone from Stansted airport, at night, and ended up getting a parking fine. However, to me this was odd, as I had done it before going at night to pick up other people and in another occasion I even stayed longer and never received any fine (lucky I guess?). As…
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Letter of Claims from DCB Legal on behalf of Smart Parking - Please check my response
Hi All, Firstly Thank you all for the amazing posts on here with regards to PCNs!! I have read them and have been so helpful. I have recently been receiving letters from DCB Legal, which I have ignored until now I got a letter of claims. And I know I now need to response but to their email and not through their form. In my…
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PCN Legal Action Costs and Ramifications
Hi All, I’ve received a fine from a private parking company and would be grateful for any advice people can give. In brief, my situation is as follows: I spent a night at a hotel in Essex last September and was assured parking was covered as part of my stay. In late January, I received a £170 ‘Letter Before Final Action’…
