Parking tickets, fines & parking

hi all appreciate any advice PCN received from the B&Q car park as stated. Vehicle did not exceed the 3 hour limit stated on the signage. Ive gone back to site to take clearer images of the enforcement notices - they do state you are not allowed to leave the site, I dont know how they can enforce this legally? Any advice…

apologies if this is addressed in the newbie thread, but I couldn't find how to deal with it. This morning i received a text from Trace, titled final demand. I contacted them to find out what this was about. I have had no prior contact with Trace. Their text relates to a PCN that was apparently issued in October 2023 and…

Hi, I'm helping a neighbour with a private PCN that has advanced to a N1SDT claim form. He had ignored all letters received and discarded them. He does not even recall being parked in the place in question as he is away on work very frequently and his car is in use by other family members. The claim form issue date is 18th…

Hi all, I have a claim form from CNBC for a PCN (DCB LEGAL). The time sequence is… Issue date: 18 MAY 2026 Acknowledgement of service: 1 JUNE 2026 I have worked through all the good advice here and I am ready to put in a defence through MCOL. But my dilemma is this… I am on holiday for 2 weeks, 6 June to 20 June and I am…

Dear Team, I am a Hospital Consultant working for Portsmouth NHS University Trust. I have been issued a Claim Form for parking violations July 2021 I have worked in a Gosport Hospital for NHS for over 15 years one day per week. Portsmouth NHS Hospitals Trust pay Gosport Community Centre (the owner of the car park) for…

Hi, I have received a County Court Claim Form (issued 08/05) for an unpaid parking fine. The claimant is Smart Parking Limited and DCB legal is the address for sending document. It states 'insufficient paid time' as the reason. We have had no other correspondence, but we were in Wales on holiday during this time and the…

2 years ago on 31 march 2024. I went to paratha stop in bolton where you validate yoir parking and can stay more than hour as it is a restaurant. On this very day unfortunately for me the tablet for validating your parking kept freezing and not registering my car reg. I was advised and thankfully i did take a picture of…

hi everyone - I would really appreciate your help with this. I have paid for parking here however as I was late leaving due to traffic smart parking limited issued me with a PCN. I ignore their request to pay until I receive “letter before court” which I responded to and now received this court letter. Could someone please…

Hi, Hopefully someone can assist. Received a letter of claim from DCB Legal saying they wanted £170 for a pcn from 3 years ago. This was the first letter I had received regarding this so I probably foolishly phoned them asking what this was about. Lady on the phone said it was for non payment of parking somewhere I…

Hello i received a claim form from smart parking limited through the court of Northampton: saying that i park in 2023: The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C) for a Parking Charge (PC) issued to vehicle at Brook Retail Park Hereford. 2. The date of contravention is 08/12/2023 and the D was issued with a PC by the…

Hey all, I received a PCN from Smart Parking Ltd in 2022, for the Beechfield Hotel Car Park 1 in Blackpool. They have ANPR captures of my vehicle entering the site at 16:33:54, and leaving the site at 16:47:54. During that timeframe, I had attempted to pay for parking via the RingGo website. After submitting payment…

Hello all, I am looking for some advice in relation to a court claim i have received in relation to a parking charge from 2023. The below are the particulars of the claim: 1. The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C) for a Parking Charge (PC) issued to vehicle **** *** at [redacted locstion] 2. The date of…

This discussion was created from comments split from: Parking Claim defended, now Directions Questionnaire/mediation.

Last year, I received a fine from 5years ago and DBC Legal has been chasing me back and forth for the last year. I moved house in 2021 and didn't receive anything there at the time. At one point, they agreed to reduce it to £60 from over £300. I have been asking the company to provide me with proof that I didn't pay and I…

Hi all, I've read the NEWBIES thread and several recent Smart Parking / DCB Legal claim threads, including Micky2022's defence, and would appreciate some guidance before I finalise my defence. Timeline 28 August 2023 – Alleged parking event. 9 February 2024 – Credit Style tracing letter asking me to confirm my…

Hello. I received a smart parking fine over 2 years ago which I appealed due to the timings we were there. I never heard back from the appeal which makes me think they never received it or they choose to ignore it. Since then, I have received numerous letters from different companies requesting the payment which I have not…

Got a parking ticket in the Lidl car park…. while I was in the store shopping. I was less than an hour. Literally using their shop (have the reciept to prove i bought stuff in Lidl). Would you just ignore, complain to Lidl, or engage "parking eye"?

Got 8 parking tickets at same place back in 2021. I am a childminder and I used to pick up children from school. At that time they recently changed the parking system so parents could not park over there. I came to know about it when I started receiving tickets. . I contacted parking appeal firm. I did not receive 1 ticket…

Hi All, I have been attempting to follow the advice on this very helpful thread and am now in a position where I have filed my acknowledgement of service (28/05/2026) through the Money Claims Portal, and I believe I must now submit my defence by the 14th of June. I was planning on making use of the defence template I have…

So I've used the extra wording template with the links to cel v akande etc for this case as its with Gladstones and the POC is so vague simply saying 'was parked in breach of terms of parking on the signage'. Now this was almost a year and a half ago so in all honestly I can barely remember the details but think the…