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Hi, just need advise if I should appeal against the parking fine issued by the council. My mother in law has dementia and mental health problems. 81 years old and unable to walk. I have recently applied for blue badge but not heard anything yet. My sister parked the car out of GP surgery and I can provide evidence of an…
PCN from 2023 (gladstones) now at money claim stage
First off, I have recently had a parking fine from February this year cancelled with the help of this forum, thank you! This thread relates to a fine from 2023, Tesco car park, (horizon) now being pursued by Gladstones. I appealed at the time, it was rejected, naively I didn’t appeal to POPLA as I thought it would just go…
Landlord / Managing Agents Introduced a Private Parking Firm in Block of Flats
I have checked the forum and haven't seen anything that relates to a situation I'm currently in. I own a flat in a block of flats and it comes with a parking space. I need to display a badge in the window of my car to state that it's the parking space I own. I understand these badges were introduced about 6 years ago and…
Hx Car Park Management & Gladstones Letter before Claim but never received a ticket
12.3.25 Hi there, I have only just received a letter of claim from Gladstones Solicitors, representing Hx Car Park Management. It is saying I owe them £160 for parking charges on 29th November 2024 but doesn't state who the client is. The first paragraph says they wrote to me on 28th February 2025, at my previous address,…
Hx Car Park Management and Gladstones Solicitors Letter Before Claim but I never received a ticket!
Hi there, I have only just received a letter of claim from Gladstones Solicitors, representing Hx Car Park Management. It is saying I owe them £160 for parking charges on 29th November 2024 but doesn't state who the client is. The first paragraph says they wrote to me on 28th February 2025, probably at my previous address,…
PCNs at Vantage Point from OPS. Help Required
Hello, I'm reasonably up to speed on the whole Newbies thread for this sort of thing but need a bit of advice of where to take my defence if possible. I have two invoices from OPS that have now been passed to BW Legal. I am waiting to the Court Notice in order to respond my case. I used to use this car park all the time…
Euro Car Parks/DCB Legal - Defence help
Hi all, I am looking to use a standard defence template (the one in the post by shahib_02) for a court claim from Euro Car Parks/DCB Legal for reason "Your Vehicle Was Parked Longer Than The Maximum Period Allowed". The "pcn" was from 2022 from Priory Retail Park in Colliers Wood London - granted I incorrectly ignored a…
Justice Committee – Inquiry into the County Court
If anyone has recent experience of a county court case, this might be good way of giving feedback to Parliament. The Parliamentary Justice Committee’s call for evidence is open until 14th December. https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7972/work-of-the-county-court/ One of their areas of interest is ‘The causes of…
Multiple collection notices from ZZPS
Hello all. I am posting on behalf of a friend of mine and I have read the newbie posts etc but I am still unclear of next steps and would really welcome some advice if possible. So a week or so ago my friend received multiple letters from ZZPS in the form of 'Debt Collection Notices'. The alleged infractions were due to…
DCB Legal Claim – Need Defence Letter Support
I’ve received a Claim Form from DCB Legal Ltd regarding an alleged failure to pay for parking at a service station where I went to get my car washed. The claim states that a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) was issued on 25th September 2022 (Claim Form attached). I submitted the Acknowledgement of Service via MCOL on 1st April…
Brighton Council PCN - Failure to display Blue Badge
Hello, I received a PCN for failing to display my valid blue badge. Do I have grounds to take this further? I explained that due to my disabilities I experience brain fog and have trouble remembering, and this is the first time I had forgot to display my badge. They are rejecting my challenge. Thank you.
Parkmaven Limited / DCB Legal Claim
Hi all, I have today submitted AOS for a parking claim from June 2023. Claim issue date was 19 March 2025. My reading was that AOS has to be submitted 14 days from service of claim, with service deemed to by 5 days from issue date - i.e. deadline was 7th May. First question - is this correct? I'm now filing my defence.…
PCM fine at High Point Village - Hayes and Harlington
I’m helping the driver of said vehicle, they received a fine for allegedly stopping in a zone where you could not stop, for example, vehicle with the engine running being stationary for 20 seconds or so whilst someone gets out of a car… Sent an appeal to PCM, which was denied, and have now received the first debt collector…
Bristol Airport NTK - 104) Stopping to Pick-Up/Drop Off In a Restricted Zone
Hi Everyone, Firstly, I have read the Newbies thread but I honestly have not seen this example on the Forum, hence the post... An alleged Stopping/Picking Up offence occurred at Bristol Airport...A passenger alighted from a vehicle. On the way-in past the first roundabout there is a set of traffic lights...these were red…
Help with defence - Met Parking Ltd / DCB Legal
I wondered whether someone would be able to check my defence, I've only attached paragraphs 2 and 3 as the rest are the same as the template. 3.3 is copied from another post on here which I believe still works. Basically its a free car park where it states '5 hours Maximum stay'. I was parked for under 5 hours (I'd set an…
Parking eye
I’ve been trying to contact parking eye for ages just can’t find anything anywhere, what a nightmare. I want to offer a payment plan as I have not got the money to pay in full. Can anyone help please
Parking Eye Contact Number/Email??
I recently received 3 parking tickets from Parking Eye. All from the same week! Bad signage and conflicting signage. I appealed all 3 and 2 have been cancelled. The third has not and I haven't heard from them about it apart from the automated Appeal Received email. No reason to think this also won't be cancelled, as same…
First Timer - Nervous - Can we fight this one together!
Hi all, I've been reading through the forums and realised that the letter I’ve received is a County Court Claim Form, and not yet a CCJ—but I want to make sure I handle it properly before it gets to that stage. There are a few unique aspects to this situation: * The Claim Form is addressed to someone who does not live at…
Met parking services Starbucks/mcdonalds
Hello all I received a PCN from met parking services issued on 14.10.23 contravention date 12.09.23. I’ve read so many of the threads and advice. I wasn’t the driver and have never confirmed who the driver was. I appealed to met parking via email (first mistake) and also questioned the 14 days to registered keeper but all…
Private parking fine now they threatened me with the letter from GCTT
Hi, can somebody give me some kind of advice before I decode what to do. In December I parked in what it calls" private car park" which is located in front of the charity shop. I parked there because I wanted to donate my kids clothes but the shop was closed. This is a building with 4 shops, not vwrh big long building that…

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