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Ocean Parking - McDonald’s Wisemore
Hi, My daughter received a NTK through the post for a parking charge relating to McDonald’s in Walsall. She had been there around 50 mins and hadn’t realised there was a 20 mins max stay. No staff member mentioned this to her. Having read the newbies thread and others we sent the appeal template off with evidence of…
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County Court Claim - DCB Legal
Hi i received a county court claim a few days ago (issue date 5th Sep)for ‘unauthorised parking’. This was at a small restaurant parking just off the main road. I went in and out within 5-6mins and later recieved a pcn. This took place over a year ago. They started chasing me regularly only for last 3-4months. I’ve been…
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guilty of not noticing the signs at midnight
if guilty. do i still pay? or ignore and hope it goes no further. i went to ASDA. it was 24 hr open. it wasnt open. it was midnight. i left the carpark
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Advice regarding a parking ticket by a local council
On the 26/03/25 at 19.54 I parked on a street that had a big sign that said "Controlled zone Monday-Saturday 08.30-18.30" The 26th March was a wednesday at 19.54 so clearly outside of those limits I parked on a residents bay and got a PCN I appealed it on the grounds that I parked outside of the controlled hours and that I…
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PCN Help - Cash Paid
Hi All, Newbie here so apologies. I'm finding all the information available a little overwhelming and I'm panicking a little bit, so any help is appreciated. I borrowed my brother's car and parked in a private car park, paying for 2 hours with cash in the machine. He has now received a PCN stating I never paid. Obviously,…
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Bay Sentry DCB Legal court
Morning I got a pcn in December 2022 (see pcn notice attached). I appealed and got declined (response in email attached). I then got the letter of claim last month and sent through the response as per newbies thread and received the response attached (giving me another 30 days). My appeal is below, how hard will this be to…
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Chesil beach parking ticket fine (Euro car park
Hi, I went to Chesil beach along with my family and family friends in 2 different cars. We paid (by card) for our parking for 5 hrs and displayed the parking receipt on the dashboard (since it was a pay and display receipt). After 2 weeks we get a notice stating that we had not paid for the parking and there is a fine…
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UKCPS/Moorside Legal Court Claim 2025
Hello, I have recently received a Letter of Claim from Moorside Legal relating to a Private Parking Charge from UKCPS. I have been following this forum and have read through the Newbies thread but would just like some advice to ensure I am taking the right course of action. For background, the original Parking Charge is a…
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BwLegal Letter of Claim
Hi guys Newbie here, so I've had a letter from these cowboys, previously it was Gladstone and I thought they had given up. So the claim is for 3 year old ticket, I had a permit it was registered to me, my address and car. So they knew I had one. It had slipped off the dash. Just after some advice, or a link to the right…
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CCJ Parking Eye
Hello, can someone please advice me what my options are with a just discovered CCJ from Parking Eye. I used a Tesla Charger on a hotel car park for 28 min and now have a CCJ against me. Due to relationship breakdown this is the first notice of this ( it's complicated 😪). Is there a step by step help thread please 🙏. I have…
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2025 Parking Tickets (Scotland)
First time poster, long time lurker. I recently received x2 PCNs - x1 from SMART Parking regarding 88 Washington Street & x1 from CPM (UK Car Park Management) regarding Marchbrun Drive, Paisley. I have not responded to either yet, as I know the preference is to ignore, but want to double-check this is still relevant in…
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Defense/witness statement advice for DCBL hearing in May
Hi there, I
am new to the forum having only just found it, possibly too late. However, I am
currently writing my defense statement for a court hearing in May (DCBL) which
they have paid the court fee and therefore I assume they wish to pursue 2 x PCN’s
totaling around £600, the circumstances appear abnormal to what I can…
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Gatwick North Terminal Drop off PCN
Hi all, read a few threads on here similar, this one especially https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6403536/gatwick-north-terminal-drop-off-pcn-without-stopping We too got a PCN for Gatwick North drop off. We entered at 04:06 AM and exited at 04:13 AM. We drove in the direction of the drop off, but veered to…
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Bank Parking Park Management & DCB Legal
Hi Looking to get a bit of advice. I parking in a multi story carpark that uses number plate recognition on entry & exit to calculate the change. On the specific day in question the pay machine was not working/accepting payment. This has happened before and the usual process is to phone the operator they take a note of…
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Please help - DCBL - Final Reminder £170 - pls tell me how to appeal/cancel
I've been served this from Baysentry I attempted to pay - the machine would not accept my payment - along with the Car park attendant - it would be clear on the CCTV which I requested - they requested ID for a SAR - I sent this - in the meantime they did not respond and passed it on to DCB - then eventually I did get a…
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Civil Enforcement PCN - Drive Thru overstay of allotted free time - Advice on next steps
Hello my daughter received a letter from Civil Enforcement Ltd. (never heard of them). Apparently she overstayed in a fast food drive thru car-park. It says on the letter the maximum free parking period is 90 minutes. She didn't see a Pay and Display sign or a notice. Not to say there is not one. Does this have to be paid?…
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Private land PCN but venue is closed
Hi all, I have read the newbies thread and had a look around but not found a case like this. Basically, I am an Uber driver and stopped literally where that blue Peugeot is. I was waiting around for a job, it was around 9AM in the morning and very quiet. I am hiring the car from someone and I have told them to let the…
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Is this UKPS Parking Charge Notice non-compliant with POFA 2012?
Hi all, I would really appreciate if anyone can advise on this. Never had a parking ticket before, so not entirely sure if I am correct. I got 2 tickets (1 week followed by the next) from UKPS via post (no windscreen ticket). I made an error in parking at the location, thinking the cameras were not being used at the time…
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PCN Euro Car Parks - Failure to Display Ticket
Hi, Please could somebody help me? I've spent hours reading the NEWBIES Threads, Template Defences, FAQs etc.. tbh, it's mind boggling! I had PCN from DCB Legal gor not displaying the correct pay and display ticket. I think I've followed the advice correctly. I lodged AOS via MCOL. I've used the Template Defence, inserted…
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SMART PARKING NOW USING POFA. ADVICE PLEASE.
SP are now using POFA wording on their PCNs. I've got several for double dipping. Waiting to hear back from client landowner who has cancelled them before. In the meanwhile should I adjust the standard template appeal to include a SAR for all ANPR entry and exit images they have of my car for those days or do a SAR…
