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How to deal with Appeal refusal
Hello parking fine experts, I followed the advice here and submitted an appeal to London parking solutions and for the first time I was REFUSED!!! Please your kind help where did I go wrong? It always worked in the past. Please see below my letter and the company’s reply Thank you in advance this forum is an amazing help!…
Tesco Car Park (Managed by Horizon) Overstay Advice.
Hi. I've tried reading the stickies and FAQ's, but I'm still confused, so apologies if I've missed what I need somewhere. On the 03/08/2024 I overstayed in a Tesco car part managed by Horizon, staying just over 4 hours and the letter is dated as the 08/08/2024. So far I've done nothing except take photo's of the parking…
Checking im doing the right thing.. now!
Hi, So I had a vague idea about this forum and fighting the PCN I was given but long story short with a newborn and everything I have been extra stressed and not got round to actually going through this site properly... The current situation is: I received a PCN from Excel parking at John Lennon Liverpool Airport for they…
Dcbl lbc newbie
Hello Thankyou I sent the I will defend letter off but they have not returned another one should I send in a defence. I have looked through the templates . Here is what happened Covid walk along river signs did not say still in use car park unkempt . I have emails saying all staff for the company were on furlough which is…
UKCPS/ Moorside Legal
Hi all, Thanks for this forum. It’s kept my resolve up over the last few years. In brief, in 2022, my car was parked outside of a marked bay at Abbey Wood shopping park in Bristol. It was a Sunday, not particularly busy but as my wife was post C-section we wanted to park as close to the shop as possible so we put my car…
C.U.P Enforcement - 'Parking' in a 'No parking area' - POPLA Appeal - Unsuccessful
Good evening you legends, I hope you're all well. I've come with a query regarding a NTK which was received recently. I'll be sending the online appeal tonight, or first thing in the morning, so it falls within the 28 day period (beginning day after the notice was issued - lots of life admin has kept me from doing this…
Received a letter of claim UKCPS/Moorside Legal
Hi all, apologies if this has been asked before. I have recently received a letter of claim from moorside legal after been chased by multiple debt collectors over the last 2 and half years. PCN first issued in September 2022. I have got a draft reply from using the newbies posts. Firstly Do you think they would accept a…
PCN Appeal
Hi Everyone I received a PCN on 04-Feb from Local Parking Security, as per the advice on this forum I appealed using the template language confirming I would not provide the name of the driver on 28-Feb MY appeal was rejected by email: Dear Sir/Madam, Parking Charge: XXXXXXVehicle Registration: XXXXXXXPOPLA Verification…
Can I charge back my original parking ticket?
I paid £2 for a 3-hour parking ticket in a Premier Park car park. I put in my registration number (I remember checking it on my phone), but I got a ticket saying ANPR cameras found I hadn't paid for any of my duration (it wasn't even that I went over). I contested it, by sending them a photo of my bank account with the…
Panicking - following forum as much as I can
Hello! Long story short. Got pcn with UKCPM. Genuinely was not my fault. Gladstone have my emai Due to the actual landlord trying to cancel with gladstones and Gladstone declining to. ANYWAY.. They emailed me LBC and advised, ‘ We are also hereby reissuing the Letter Before Claim, see attached.‘ in body of mail back in Jan…
Claim form - no PCN no NTK received - Acting on behalf of father - WS Stage DISCONTINUED
Hello all, I hope you can help, I have read through the posts on newbies but am not 100% clear on how to approach my issue and want to make sure I sort this out for my dad. Claim Form and Issue Sat 24/8/24 - My elderly father received a claim form for Claimant UK Parking Control issued by DCB Legal on claiming a parking…
Vista Centre Parking Ticket - CPM
Hi All, I saw previous advice on MSE, so was hoping someone may be able to help! I visited the Vista Centre Hounslow, paid for a ticket - but apparently parked in a bay that I wasnt meant to use. The signs were very unclear - the different between and unallocated space and an allocated space wasnt marked, which bay was…
Petrol Drive Off Notice - Incorrect payment taken
Hello, I have received a debt collectors letter for £150.01 for a Drive of notice - No payment posted the 11th of October 2023. This is in reference to a VARS debt for the above issue from the 11th of July 2023. This is the first notice I have had about this issue and this letter is a reminder notification. The issue it…
Urgent help required Defending County Court Claim for M1 Services Parking fine
PCN issued 10/07/24 I did not receive the original letter which was sent to the old address where car is registered. My licence has been updated for new address but no the car V5c (log book). We moved in Aug 2020 from that address. Claim was issued on 12 March. Acknowledgement of Services was filed 30 March so near the…
Free parking at Premier Inn - still got PCN
We stayed at Premier Inn for two days. At this hotel the parking is advertised as free. During checkin we were asked to write down our car registration number which we did. A week later, we got a parking charge from Horizon Parking for the second day of our stay. It seems the hotel only registered our car for one day…
20 mph Speed Zone
Hello, I'm concerned I may obtain a parking fine in a 20 mph zone. I may have been doing 23 or 24 mph. However, I really do feel this is not my fault. Normally, along this particular stretch of road, which is not an area I'm fully familiar with (I have only driven on this stretch on four or five occasions), my satnav…
change of address
Hi all, just a quick question. i got two PCN's at the start of 2022. i took the advice off this board backt then and ignored all the begging letters, i got about 10 in total but by the back end of 2022 they stopped and i just put it to the back of my mind. i moved house 3 months ago, and changed my address over fully with…
Moorside Legal - Letter of Claim
Hi.. I'm new to thus site but I'm hoping for some advice on how to handle a situation I am in with Moorside Legal. On the 10th Dec 2022 I pulled into a parking area to drop off my disabled wife who needed to use the toilet in a costa coffee. There were no spaces and many cars just driving around and around. I therefore…
Claim for from euro car parks please help
Back in may 2020 i parked for 10mins in a euro car parks but couldn’t pay as the machine was out of order. I subsequently got fine letters that i tried to dispute through Popla and direct with them but they wouldnt have it, i even offered to send the 50p to them that it would have cost. Fast forward i have moved home and…
Parking Fines Passed to Debt Collection Agency - Parking at work!
Hi there, I wonder if you can help me. I am trying to support a member of my staff team. I started here in Feb and they started under the previous manager at a satellite site in Jan. Quite soon they came to me and told me they had been receiving parking notices and had been charged for parking at work. they hadn't opened…

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