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Horizon Parking - Farnborough Asda / Princes Mead
Got a "Parking Charge - DO NOT IGNORE THIS LETTER" from Horizon for not paying and displaying at a pay and display. £60 / £100 against a £0.50 for 1 hour rate. Arrived 10:45am, went to Decathlon and bought a few bits, left 11:24. In all fairness there is clear signage that both me and my wife somehow missed:…
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Court defence DCB Legal for parking charge at my residential car park
Hi all, new here. im looking to see if i can get some advice for my court defence for a parking charge I received from dcb legal. I was parked at my home address in visitor space with my permit on show in windscreen. The reason they gave was Vehicle not parked in allocated bay. I have parked here for 3 years without issue…
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ParkToShop Tesco Hereford HELP
Parked in Tesco Hereford today 8/9/25 and tried to validate my parking ticket by buying £12 worth of food from Tesco but ultimately failed as I was 7 minutes over the 2 hour limit... Unfortunately I was held up due to a first aid incident by the cathedral (I am badly asthmatic) and couldn't return when I was originally…
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Duplicate Parking Charges
I received duplicate
parking tickets from UK Parking Control Ltd in February 2025. My work
automatically pays parking charges so I normally cannot dispute them however
for some reason the duplicate one wasn't settled. I contacted UK Parking
Control to inform them that there was a duplicate charge with the first one
being…
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PCN from London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Helllo all, I would like your thoughts comments and advice on a parking situation. I parked my car at 1am in the night on the pavement of Pickering Road, Barking IG11 8PG. Parking on the pavement used to be permissible. However, after receiving a PCN the next morning I noticed this is no longer allowed. Google Streetview…
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PCN from private company
Good morning, I have recently received a PCN from a private company GX-S for a car park in Shoreham.(Quayside House Car Park) Basically I went into the car park, sat in my van and ate lunch. Never left the vehicle. I didn't notice the cameras when I entered. I basically ate my lunch then left. I figured if a warden came in…
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Excel Court Action
Hi all, I beleive iv read as much information as possible before posting. Iv had many letters from excel parking services limited regarding an instance of not parking within a bay. Essentially I have parked towards the end of a row of cars, but it turns out it was not actually a space. The car to my left was the end space,…
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DQ sent, but I think it’s outside of the time frame
Hello, I have previous posts regarding these claims .. should I comment on those instead or this new one? I am at the next stage with the first claim now, having been sent a DQ by the CNBC. I have had it emailed to me as they have been sending letters to the incorrect address (tried to tell me that I changed it to that,…
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Missed appeal window due to wrong address - questions
Hi everyone - grateful for hep with the below situation. I've read the newbie thread in reasonable detail and still have a few outstanding questions, but apologies if these have already been answered elsewhere. My situation * I regularly go climbing at a climbing centre with private car park. The car park is administered…
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Excel parking /defence
Good afternoon All I received a parking tickets from Excel Parking Limited for “failure to purchase the parking tariff for the registration mark of the vehicle on site within the allowed time.” I received three parking notices in December 2024 aroung Christmas time when all car parks ad shops are busy. The times are as…
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Claim against UKPC for their unreasonable behaviour and misuse of data - Update: I WON!
Firstly, thanks to everyone for the great advice in the stickies and the various threads on this forum, it's been invaluable so far. Apologies for the length of this post, but the background is important. Back in January I was doing some work in what you might call a business estate/campus, there's a small security hut…
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Regulations / rules for visibility of council carpark bay lines?
Hi, I'm trying to appeal a council car park penalty for two reasons - the first that the bay lines weren't visible and the second that, even if they were, I had a good reason to park over them - which is that the car next to me had done so and there were no other spaces available. The bays in question were demarcated only…
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EPC PLC administration fee after driving on Hungarian highway
Hey guys, I’ve received an EPC PLC administration fee after driving on the Hungarian highway. I actually bought a highway pass, but I mistakenly entered my license plate number with two characters missing. Now I’ve received separate tickets from EPC PLC to pay. For context: I have a Swiss number plate, and somehow EPC PLC…
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Smart Parking DCBL
Hi all received today I have never engaged with the issuer of pcn or dcb legal but this has popped in my letterbox so I have tried MCOL site to register that I have received notice but no sign of claim on there am I missing something some general guidance please as I really do not wish to engage in a war of attrition with…
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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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Apcoa Airport charge notice. Your urgent help required
We have a £5 drop off receipt, a £6.40 pickup receipt, and a parking fine for £100. On pickup I drove to T1 Dep B and took the left hand lane marked CAR PARK believing it was the right thing to do. An helpful HiVis airport worker kindly escorted me the complex half mile route to the proper second floor entrance where I…
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DCB Legal Claim
Hi, just a quick question, I have got to the point of completing my directions questionnaire and was awaiting any next steps. However today I received a call saying that DCB Legal wanted to speak to me regarding the claim but I am at work and unable to sit on hold. Does anyone know if this conversation is potentially…
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Help with Defence
Hi all, I have been avoiding a parking fine for over 4 years now and have finally been issued a claims form. I was honestly thinking of paying it as I feel like I don't have the mental capacity to deal with writing a defence and the possibility of court, but I really can't afford it. I've read through the newbies section…
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A month left for 6 years to expire - help and advice sought pls
Hi Team, A bit rusty on these
as haven't had any dealing since 5 years plus.. Overstay apparently
on a free retail car park by 15/20 mins or so just under 6 years ago in England.. Good old "DiabolicCheatingBasketsLimited" Ltd at
it after 5 years of no comms: 1. Notice of debt
recovery letter - Unpaid parking charge £XXX…
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Letter from HM Courts and Tribunals Service, what to do next?
We have received a letter from HM Courts and Tribunals Service about Euro Parking. We ignored their earlier letters (via Gladstones solicitor) and have since moved out. Any idea how we should handle this or if anyone's been in a similar situation, what they did? [Images removed by Forum Team]