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Display blue badge, paid permit and got ticket still?
So i was in romford and got a ticket! On the sign it clearly stated the rules. Thie is a 4 hour maximum time limit for everyone. I have a blue badge. But my car is not classified as Disabled. So i paid for my 1 hour parking permit and parked in the disabled bay showing my blue badge on dashboard. Thier is not time…
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I Park Services Court Claim via DCB Legal - Advice needed
Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the long bank holiday weekend. Please can I ask for some help? After receiving the below NTK in January 2025, I have followed the advice on the Newbies thread - Appealed to I Park Services - Appeal Rejected, Didn't bother with IAS, ignored the debt collector letters. I received a…
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Carmageddon?
More of a though piece than anything else, but… One of my news feeds from a local newspaper and a few other local "news" sites recently published some "bygone"/"pastimes" articles on some of the retail parks way back in the 1990s along the lines of Shops we have lost - usual stuff like Comet, Maplins, Woolworths and so on,…
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Writ of Control Notice from High Court Enforcement Officers - genuine?
My husband has received a letter today from High Court Enforcement Officers saying they have a Writ of Control in respect of outstanding debt from a PCN. He has never heard anything about this before, haven't changed address since he had the car / registration quoted and it all looks very fishy to me. The sense of urgency…
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Euro Car Parks NTK Chelmsford
Hi everyone. Wondered if this has happened to anyone before and whether appeal was successful! I parked in The meadows retail park Chelmsford and entered the multi story through the Euro Car Parks entrance. It appears that the floors of the car park are owned/managed by different companies. The ground floor is managed by…
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Parking Eye Ticket
Hi I recently parked in a car park run by Parking Eye. I went to pay at the machine but it wasn't accepting cash, or as it turned out after a few attempts, cards. I returned to my car to download the required app to pay (Evology), which I did. The app was awful and kept throwing me out and it took a few minutes before I…
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Private parking fine with valid ticket!
Hello , I have recently received a notice from a private company via email, stating I had not paid for a stay in their car park. I had actually got the ticket which I sent to them. They rejected my ticket stating it couldn’t be attached to my car because the car reg. didn’t match the picture of my car numberplate. In fact…
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ParkingEye PCN for retail park overstay
Hello I’ve just received a PCN from ParkingEye for overstaying by just under 30 minutes at the retail park where my gym is. I did an exercise class, had a shower then did some shopping at the retail park (I can prove this). I stated to feel unwell with a migraine so had to rest until I felt safe to drive and lost track of…
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Help with Two PCNs on Double Yellow Lines – Blue Badge Was Displayed (Private Land) UK CPM
Hi everyone, I really hope someone can help us with this. RK recently received two Parking Charge Notices from the same location – the first one dated 18th April and the second 21st April. We only received both of them a few days ago, so I’m not sure if RK is already too late to challenge them. Also, we have parked there…
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SMART PARKING, DCB LEGAL court claim Nov. 2025
Hello Good People, DCB LEGAL LTD have submitted a claim on behalf of Smart Parking ltd. I have responded to Letter before claim and now I have received Claim Form from Civil National Business Centre. I followed your Posts on submitting AOS and I am now considering my defense. Here are few points about the case 1- This is…
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Euro Car Parks / DCB Legal Ltd Claim
Good evening, I received an N1SDT claim form in the post yesterday (issue date 19/03/26) I've just joined and read through these forums a little and I'm looking for some help confirming how best to deal with this. My understanding is I have until 07/04/26 to complete the AoS? I'm out of the country from Friday for a week…
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Have a Nice Carpark...
Parked up in an area I didn't know was controlled by Have a Nice Carpark in December it was at 8:15pm to collect a take away (must have been parked 5-15 mins) didn't receive anything thru the post until a letter from TNC. I've received 2 in the last month. I've also been back to check the signage and it says enter your reg…
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Parking fine in England from a Private company
So I have just received this letter from a private parking company. Have received multiple letters from a debt company (TRACE) before which I have ignored but now I have received this from a legal firm. I need advice on what to do next. Do I now just pay it and give in. I don't want a CCJ against me.
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Notice of debt Recovery from DCB Ltd - please help
Dear All, I'm new on here and have gone through the newbie thread on parking fines but still at lost of what to do as really confused ! Basically, I'm in England. I parked my car in the ALDI carpark , Euro car Parks Ltd (in the electric parking bay) and charged my electric car for a few hours and left it there for a bit…
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DCBLegal + total car parks ltd - witness statement stage (submitted)
Hi all, I have followed all advice thus far on the forum including all the legal stages. I have now submitted the witness statement promptly. It wasn't the usual 14 days before the hearing deadline. So I've submitted before the date given but I have not received WS from the claimant at all. Is there anything I need to tell…
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PCN from Euro Car Parks
This discussion was created from comments split from: MSE Parking Ticket Appeals Guide feedback.
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Euro Car Parks alleged overstay claim form
Good evening, In 2020 I was able to have a CCJ set aside and ultimately defeat VCS's claim against me using the information and advice from this forum. Since then I have been scrupulous in my use of car parks overseen by predatory private firms. Unfortunately, my partner has not been so careful….. We have a Claim Form…
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DCBL Parking Fine
Hi, I've read some of the guidance re DCBL. These scumbags originally wrote to an old address of mine until some 4 weeks later i got a letter at my correct home address. Once received i responded to them with: Re PCN number: xxx I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle. I deny any
liability or…
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NtK - Gorleston - Total Car Parks
The owner of a vehicle has been sent an NtK for overstayed Free Parking time (26 minutes). The driver went to pay the machine for 2 hours and noticed it didnt accept cash, they already had the app installed and proceeded to pay. A glitch must have occured as it wasnt till last week they noticed no monies were debited. They…
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UK Parking Control Limited, DCB LEGAL Court Claim - January 2026
Hi There I am only at Stage 2 of the First Eight stages - Ignoring them. But I wanted to start a specific thread for possible assistance with witness statement and in case they don't discontinue. I hope that is ok. So: 'Incident' occurred August 2025. Parking Charge Notices came through the post at some point thereafter…
