Parking tickets, fines & parking

Hi all, I visited a house to collect a large item, using a hired van. To access the house you have to use a shop's car park. (The shops are at the front, you drive through the small car park to access the private houses at the back). The landlord for the houses is also the landowner of the shop. The rule for residents at…

Hello, Firstly, thankyou for reading my thread. I have read the newbie information but it was very overwhelming. I'm hoping someone can advise on the best way forward. Today, I received a letter from DCBL with a notice of debt recovery of £170 for a PCN from 04/07/2021. This is the first letter or any correspondence I have…

The driver was attending a baby hospital appointment and first entered/parked in the first parking area/bay near Leen Gate. They tried for around 10–15 minutes to pay, including trying the machine/app, but the machine/payment system wasn’t working properly. The area/bay also seemed uneven/damaged and it was stressful…

Hi, I received a debt collection notice at our new address for apparently parking on private property (in permit area without displaying a permit in a private residential building parking). There was no charge notice left on the windscreen. The V5C would still be mapped to the previous address and has not been moved to the…

Hi, so my dad had to park outside my brother's flat who is disabled and he was displaying the blue badge, this was due to him(brother) having a espoid of severe bad mental health. He parked there for 7 consecutive nights, around two weeks later my dad received 7 parking tickets from UKPC. photos of the car included and…

Having read newbies pages, I remain a little confused as to the best defence to a small claims court claim from Gladstones Solicitors on behalf of Manor Parkings PCN regarding Lotties Road Birmingham in 2024. I wrote to Manor parking at the time (copy below) but they ignored my letter. I did later find a scanned copy of my…

Hi all, My Dad (in his 80's) got a private parking ticket for overstaying the free period of 10 minutes by less than a minute. My parents received this fine from Napier Parking. They've already "appealed" the fine on napierparking.co.uk site, which is what the initial PCN they got through the post directed them to do if…

Sorry for the long one but in chronological order.. PC received from NE Parking for parking in a closed business forecourt. PC contravention dates/times blank. Photographs supplied as evidence show they were on site for 28 seconds. Appealed to NE Parking based on 28 seconds consideration / Grace. Automated acknowledgement…

Hi all, I have a received a Claim Form - Claimant: Observices Parking and all other letters are from DCBL. I have tried my best to navigate through all of the threads - sorry for asking the same thing - and have come up with the defense below. Can somebody check this for me - any advice would be appreciated! I can't upload…

Hi I recently received a claim form for a parking charge for Britannia Parking through BW legal. I parked in a car park and did not pay, as I thought after a certain time it was free. It was late in the evening. The car park apparently has 24hours a day car parking and it serves local shops, restaurants, and leisure…

Have been issued with a PCN from Parkingeye for a car that I lease. Lease company originally received the PCN as registered keeper and sent me a copy of the PCN and their letter to Parkingeye informing them of my details as hirer. Received almost identical PCN to my address about 2 weeks later which was just a double sided…

And charged us. We have proved the fine was issued incorrectly but Premier Parking Ltd won't reopen the fine as they say its been paid. How do we tackle this. It's £75 which is alot of money to us

Forgot shopping so had to return, but it was within 1 hour. The driver has a disabled badge. Received court documents and wanted to know what defence I can add.

Hi everyone, I've unfortunately just had a POPLA appeal refused by an assessor who has dismissed a clear app/system failure as "subjective user error." I'm looking for independent advice on my next steps and whether to sit tight or pay. The Context: I parked in a third-party EV charging bay at a Marston's site. I spent…

Hi everyone, I need some advice. I was fined for parking somewhere that I paid to park, I paid once and then extended my stay. I received the fine in the post a while later and was confused since I had the Ringgo receipts for the payment. The company issuing the fine wouldn't tell me why I was being fined and just kept…

Oct 2022 I parked on private land, not park of Alfred st car park. I receive a letter saying I owe money for parking without a ticket. Emailed asking for proof and singage. They said PCN was stuck to window. 7th may 2025 I receive a letter from zzps asking for 160£ emailed asking for proof again and basically was denied as…

Hello Received NTK re parking charge. Complaint send as letter received by keeper outside the 14 day period found on POFA 2012. Complaint (they said "appeal rejected") rejected by parking company. They state 'the provisions of the POFA schedule 4, relating to keeper liability do not apply on this occasion, this does not…

Hello all, I must say that Claude has this forum on high regard since it repeatedly recommended to try to get some advice from here. Here is the case 1. I visited a pub on New Year's Eye of 2024, parked my car, stayed there for 30mins or so and left. I hadn't seen any sign indicating that a parking fee needed to be paid.…

Hi By accident, I drove through both the drop off and pick up areas at Manchester airport a few weeks ago.At no point did my wheels stop moving and no one got out of nor got into my car.I was trying to find my BF and his friends to pick them up. I was using FIND MY FRIENDS to navigate to his location and was a driving…

Good evening, The driver fell asleep one night on the way back from work cause he was feeling exhausted and went over the free parking limit. I found a similar case on the forum of a person mentioning a telegraph article where a MOTO spokesman states there policies of not charging drivers for taking a nap due to safety…