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Italy ZTL fine
A trip to Lucca last year. I arrived in a rain storm, in the dark. The hotel was in the centre and Sat Nav took me into what turned out to be closed roads. In the end I had to abandon the car and walk. Long story short - I entered a ZTL four times within 20 minutes and have received 4 fines. Any advice from those in the…
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Rejected car parking appeal - What now?
I received a parking fine in Leeds (Rose Bowl) just before Christmas. The machine wasn't working and there was a sign on it saying to pay by the app. My method of payment was Google pay as I didn't have my cards or my wallet with me. So I downloaded the app, entered the car information and went to pay. The app then said I…
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Civil National Business Centre
I parked in a private car park, owned by Excel parking services, which I paid on the way out. I did that twice in one day. They sent me a letter fining me and saying I hadn’t paid, I sent them the card details and they said I should have paid at the start. Then they started hassling me and sending me lawyers letters and…
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Parkmaven Parking Charge Appeal - What to do next?
Hello Everyone, so just a bit of background. This is my third parking charge from ParkMaven for parking in the same place. I never knew the space was private land as signage is not clear at all, but after receiving my first pcn I stopped parking there of course, then the second came and I paid that as well (I parked in the…
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DCB Legal Ltd Received (In Scotland)
Hello - I received a letter from DCB Legal Ltd on behalf of Parking Eye for payment of £140 for a PC in Scotland a few weeks ago. Its from a fine from 2024. I believe this is the first letter I have received relating to this (I may have received previous a year or so ago, I can't recall). Its requesting payment and if they…
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PCM / Trace advice please
Hi there. I would be most grateful for advice on the following: Some months ago we received a ‘parking charge notice’ on our car windscreen. There are no double or single yellow lines at the location, which is a residential development, but there are some signs stating it’s private land and setting out some ‘terms and…
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DCB LEGAL - Registered Keeper but not the driver
I have received a claim form in May 2025 for a parking charge dated Feb 2022, no other correspondence, I was not driving the vehicle at the time, a previous employee of mine was, who cannot be located now. Should I specify this in my defence?
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UKPC PCN - Stevenage Retail Park
Hi everyone, I received a windscreen PCN on 17/01/2026 from UKPC at Stevenage Retail Park. Reason for issue stated on the PCN was 'not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space'. I was at Nando's at the time, and as per the newbies guide, I tried to speak to Nando's about the ticket, but they said they…
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Eurocarparks DCB Legal Manchester Browncross Street court claim
Received a PCN from Euro carparks Browncross St, Manchester. The ANPR images on it are really poor-the one labelled 'entry time' just shows a completely blacked out box (no image or numberplate visible) and the 'exit time' image is just a very close up of the car numberplate on a solid black background, Is this compliant…
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APCOA PCN appeal for overstay at a station pick up/drop off failed
Hi, I'm just looking for a bit of advice. Some kind person collected our daughter from the local station after a school trip to the cinema. The train home was significantly delayed until well past midnight and said person overstayed. I was sent a PCN as it was my car that was used. I responded based on other advice and…
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Luton Airport Drop off missed eadline to appeal
Hello all, I was just about to write the appeal but have realised I missed the date of appeal to APCOA for luton drop off parking charge. I have been scannig the forum, and have found the no registered keeper liability but I really struggled to find the template - however it is for the in-time appeals. Please could anyone…
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PARKMAVEN DCB - COURT HEARING DEFENCE ADVICE NEEDED
Hi all, tks for the superb advice here, especially @Coupon-mad for all the template stuff. I received a Parkmaven ticket last year and subsequent DCB Legal CC claim. I acknowledged and then sent the following defence that I cut and pasted from this site: The Defendant denies that the Claimant is entitled to relief in the…
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Driver lives abroad
Hi all. Hypothetical question. What happens if I receive a PCN but the driver was my son who lives in Spain?
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Help with an Outstanding PC letter received today for alleged PC in 2024!
SCENARIO We have just received a DCB Legal letter today, which is dated a week old already. The letter (attached photo) is saying we have an outstanding balance of £170. This is the first letter we have received; however, we understand from reading other posts that it is usually £100 / then an extra £70 gets added by them…
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PCN for entering private car park on a Sunday after 4pm
Hi everyone, I got a PCN for being in a private car park for 8 minutes - didn’t realise as I answered my mobile. Failed my appeal with popla as they said there was good signs. I stated not good on entry and about 15 cars in between a few signs when I went back to check. I really want to continue to fight this. But do I…
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Received Claim Form from Civil National Business Centre - Total Parking Solutions & DCB Legal
Hi there, I wonder if you can help me out. I received a claim form from the Civil National Business Centre, for a parking charge originally issued by Total Parking Solutions, now represented by DCB Legal. The original charge was for overstaying by 10-15 mins at a village supermarket/post office. We shop there multiple…
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Britannia DCB LEGAL court claim 2025
Hi All, I would really appreciate some help. On Friday I received a letter of claim from DCB Legal on behalf of Brittany’s parking regarding a parking charge I didn’t pay back in February. I have rung and challenged this on the phone without them budging on the amount to pay. I have a file on my Laptop semi complete which…
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ECP , DCB Legal court claim 2025
Hi All I have had a letter of claim sent to me by dcbl after
ignoring everything from euro car parks and others sent to me previously. I overstayed at a carpark 11 minutes after the free time. It was a place where you could only get a
ticket by a mobile and I didn’t get one as I thought I’d only be a few minutes,
but got…
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2 PCN from DCBL Ltd
Hi All, I have received 2 letters from DCBL Ltd in the past couple of weeks in regard to 2 separate PCNs. I never received the original PCNs as I moved address and I didn’t update the details with the DVLA for a couple of months. Just want to point out that I live in Scotland so I know the process is slightly different.…
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DCB Legal - GroupNexus - Claim form
Hi all, back again with another one! As detailed in the template defence I believe DCB Legal/NexusGroup are stating breach within POC, so I just wanted to run through the response and whether this is adequate under current guidance: Currently Point 2 continues: The Defendant, has little knowledge of events considering this…
