-
Parking advice
Hi all, I would be grateful for some advice on a private parking charge I have recently received. I signed up to a new gym and have been parking there while attending. At no point was I told by the gym that I could register my car on their system so that I would not need to obtain a parking permit each time. Because of…
-
Letter of Claim - DCB LEGAL (parking charge)
I have been sent a letter of claim from dcb legal on behalf of smart parking limited regarding an unpaid parking charge. I have never received or experienced anything like this and the date this occurred was 21st March 2023 so I also have zero memory of this therefore can’t dispute. Is this something I just go ahead and…
-
Premier Park v Ms. Kay
Hi. Time to start my own thread on this; just to clarify, I'm not Ms. Kay, just helping her fighting this ticket. Ticket is from 12/24, N1 issued 12/25, which is when she phoned me. AoS filed on MCOL 12/25. Defense filed on MCOL, 01/26. MCOL confirms receipt 28.01, and copy sent to claimant, who must advise court on how…
-
Possible data breach of 'The Parking Space'
In November I got a Parking Charge Notice from private parking company 'The Parking Space' (TPS). The details are not important, but I forgot to pay for 2 hours instead of 1, and I just paid the PCN online. Whenever I deal with a new company, especially online, I use a new email alias, which allows me to know where emails…
-
UKCPS invoice - started court claims
So, my wife went to a Dental Surgery (NHS) a while ago. There's a private parking there with bays allocated to specific businesses, operated by UKCPS. The signage is hard to see but it is there, fair enough. The thing is - all bays for the Dental Surgery were taken, so she parked in another bay. the bay she parked in was…
-
CEL in-house court claim defence
Hi, apologies if I have missed the situation like mine in the threads but I tried looking and cant find anything similar I received a PCN by Civil Enforcement on 21st July 24 reason given on PCN ’payment not made in accordance with terms displayed on signage’ Backgroud: It was hotel car park I entered car park at 2:07 am…
-
DCB County Court Claim
Hi all, Hoping for some assistance please. I've done the AOS and now need to draft up a defence. Little confused on what to do as this is a DCB Legal one. Could someone please walk through with me as to what do as there's a different response for this. Appreciate your help!
-
PCN Single Yellow Line
Hello guys, I parked on a single yellow line at Tunnel Avenue which is at Greenwich, and I received a fine from Royal Greenwich Council, there used to be no yellow line there and I was rushing so I didn’t check before I left. As for the evidence they provided it was just photos of the car and no signage was provided. Is…
-
PCN but not sure why
I have a lease car. a PCN was sent to my lease company who have passed it onto me. Apparently i was parked "in a manner whereby the driver became liable for a parking charge". The picture that they have attached shows me in the car, with my hands on the steering wheel. This is because I was not parked, I was trying to work…
-
Napier Parking - BW Legal Defence Paragraph
Thanks for all the information on the Newbie thread - it has been very helpful and has made me feel comfortable to challenge further! After 18 months of silence from BW Legal I have had a claim form through for a PCN issued 2 years ago, I have filed an AOS with the dates below: Claim Issued: 03/07/2025 AOS Submitted:…
-
DCB Ltd letter vs disabled parking
Received letter today from DCB Ltd, I’ve not called them but I did contact them via WhatsApp before I found this forum so maybe I’m doomed because of that ? who knows. Letter states it is collecting £160 on behalf of ParkingEye Limited for a PCN issued October 15th 2025. I was parked in a disabled parking bay at Lidl with…
-
Notice of proposed allocation to the small claims track
I appealed my court claim with the help of this forum. I have now been sent a proposed allocation to the small claims track. Do we have advice/ template available regarding completing this form. My vehicle had genuinely been sold a few weeks prior to ticket. I was not the owner My insurance was cancelled and i was insured…
-
Parking fine appeal rejected – accident while parked – any recourse?
Hi all, I recently received a PCN for overstaying in a privately managed, ANPR-controlled car park (max stay 180 minutes). While my vehicle was parked, another driver crashed into it. I stayed at the scene as required by law to attempt to exchange details, but the other driver refused to cooperate. I had to report the…
-
Paid for parking at NCP, got a penalty, didn't appeal in 28 days
Hi, my mum has a Motability car, my nephew drives it for her, they paid for parking at an NCP car park, they received a penalty notice afterwards, together they phoned them to appeal, they were told you can't appeal on the phone but didn't tell them they only had 28 days to do it. Both my mum and nephew are disabled and I…
-
NtK from PCM (parking control management (UK) Ltd) am I doing this right?
Hi So I received a NtK (below) following the placement on the vehicle I am the registered keeper of a PCN on 27/01/2026, upon discovery of the PCN on the windscreen pictures were taken (see below) and it shows that despite it looking like the tyre was on the "line" it actually wasn't. I am planning on using the slightly…
-
Parking charge for failing to display Blue badge
I'd be most grateful for some advice on whether I should contest a parking charge issued for failing to display a blue badge. It was a genuine oversight - a disabled passenger suffers with incontinence following a stroke and in our rush to get to the nearest toilets we forgot to display the blue badge. A notice to keeper…
-
Smart Parking - POPLA check
I'll keep this as concise as possible, as I think I'm pretty clear on next steps thanks to the main thread. Just a couple of outstanding questions. CONTEXT I paid for parking in a Milton Keynes car park - managed by Smart Parking. Had some issues with RingGo, but finally sorted payment (180 minutes). I thought I'd…
-
PCN by Parking Control Management Ltd. Appeal failed as third party representation, next steps?
I received a Parking Charge Notice at an Airbnb flat from PCM (Parking Control Management Ltd.) for "Parked without clearly displaying a valid PCM UK permit". Except it was on the dashboard in such clear view the warden took several close ups of it! We appealed, and on advice not to name the driver (me), the company has…
-
UKPC Parking Charge Carlisle
Hi all, I recently received 2 UKPC parking charges whilst unloading and loading our car whilst stopping at a hotel in Carlisle. The car park in question is right next to the hoteI and I had assumed was part of the hotel, but was infact owned by the Pub next door, which had closed down. As soon as I was informed not to park…
-
CPM-no parking on access road fine
Hi I have received a letter through the post stating that i had blocked access road. But I was on a road that was a dead end and from the image you can see there is a car parked behind me. I needed help to see what I can say to fight my case as this is not private land and it is a road with yellow lines and the name of the…
