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PCN from council for disabled space
Hello everyone, I am looking for some guidance as I feel a bit preyed on at the minute. We recently visited a town near our home and found a parking space at the end of a row so we could get our son out of the back, when driving around and looking for spaces we saw many occupied spaces with markings for disabled and child…
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I have 2 Double Dipping PCN's, Im Also Vulnerable Person, Can Any Organisation Help
Good Afternoon Guys I have 2 double dipping PCN's, The first is with Debt Recovery Plus originally a Euro Car Parks PCN, for spending 17 hours in a standard Motor Fuel Group petrol station 1 mile from my home. The second is at the CLAIM FORM stage, raised by DCB legal and originally a CP Plus PCN. I got this at Manchester…
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Court Hearing Letter Sent Late from Court
I’m currently contesting a parking ticket issued by Parking Eye which stated that I overstayed at a parking spot by 45 minutes. We have gone through the mediation stage and it has now been referred to court. I have received notice of the hearing and in the letter it asks for evidence to be provided. However, the date of…
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Parking Eye and Lidl car park - driver spending £ in store, 13 mins over 90 min limit - 2 questions
Hello, I’ve read many threads on here and I’m trying to minimise my
enquiry but I am time poor atm so hope you’ll bear with me. I’ll try to be
brief. Attached should be a Parking Charge Notice from a Lidl car
park. Driver was in the Lidl shop and went nowhere else. Driver shops their frequently
and on the day concerned…
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Horizon Wanstead flats
Dear Forumites, Horizon has been contracted to enforce the parking at Wanstead Flats, Epping Forest’s city of london. a bunch of us football parents have been caught out with a slew of charges. I’ve been sent x3 over 3 days. We hadn’t realised it was pay and display and as there is free parking on the roads and in the…
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DCB LEGAL, GBP management case discontinued
About 3 years ago, I went to pick up a heater off a student who was living at some flats and was moving out. I went to address he gave and when I got there he said to me he was unable to carry it down so I said I would be able to help and asked where to leave my car. He said just here is fine hes a resident anyway so I…
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VARS Technology claim – Starbucks car park – signage unclear – defence help please
Hi everyone, I have read the NEWBIES thread and would appreciate some guidance before submitting my defence. Claimant: VARS Technology Ltd Claim type: Parking charge – alleged overstay Claim amount: £270 Issue date on claim form: 27 February 2026 AOS: Submitted via MCOL Location: Starbucks customer car park. The…
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NCP and autopay - CCJ set aside: in-person hearing in August
Hello everyone, I wanted to get people's opinion on my parking ticket. I used to park in Manchester all the time and I used an NCP carpark near the office. They brought in autopay and I used it every day for ages. Then I changed job so didn't have to park in town anymore. Fast forward to earlier this year and I went into…
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Parking charge received UKPC, landowner has apparently written to them,now sent money claim form
We received a parking charge in the new year for parking in a electric car charging bay for 2 minutes a week before Xmas (total working days between date of alleged offence and date on letter is 11). By the time the letter was received, it was day number 16 - but we have no way of proving this as there was no postage stamp…
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Advice on DCB Legal Letter of Claim (Smart Parking) – Oakland Quay, London
Dear Money Saving Expert Team, This is my first post on here and hoping to get some guidance from all of you hero's! I recently received a DCB Legal Letter of Claim acting on behalf of Smart Parking Limited. The letter relates to a parking charge from July 2022. They demand I pay £170 with some urgency and their usual fear…
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Leeds Station - No stopping (UKCPS/Moorside) - discontinued!!
Here's another one from the recent no stopping changes at Leeds Station. I won't go into the details as there's quite a few of these on the forum already. However, I have noticed that the letter was headed with 'non-PoFA'. To use their own words against them, surely this simply means they have given up on the one legal…
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Empira debt recovery letter for Gemini Parking Solutions – £170, original PCN details missing
Hi all, redacted letter - https://ibb.co/m5jKkyDy I’ve received a Formal Notice of Debt Recovery from Empira dated 10 July 2026, demanding £170 for Gemini Parking Solutions. The letter does not show the original PCN number, parking date, location, alleged breach or any breakdown of the £170, so I cannot identify what it…
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Court Claim from HighView Parking Limited
Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice regarding a County Court claim I've just received from DCB Legal for private parking charges. Here's the timeline: I received a Letter of Claim dated 23 March for £170 each Rather than ignoring it, I contacted them and agreed a 3-month payment plan on 18 April. They successfully…
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APCOA - train station, multiple fines, no correspondence, straight to solicitors
Hello! Please help, I'm freaking out EDIT 1: since posting I have now read the NEWBIE guide and will add comments as relevant to the bottom of this post I have been working away from home for about 3 weeks and have Returned to 6 letters from various companies, ZZPS, GCTT, and Oak Legal Services (all trading under the ZZPS…
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Parkmaven collections letter
Heya, I just got a collections letter for an incident that happened back in December. Annoyingly i had moved and assumed i had updated my cars details but we had only updated my partner's car. So i never received the original letter. I went to webuyanycar (WBAC) with my friend and partner (whos added on insurance to also…
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URGENT claim form not driving
Hello all, My defence is due Monday 20th July 4pm. My partner has asked me to post on his behalf: I received a claim form for parking in a car park and not paying for the parking session. The claim form is in my name however I was not driving. Can someone please check my defence below? I am not sure what to write apart…
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Horam Service Station Parking Fine Help Needed
Hi there, I have read a good few threads, I am totally lost. Everytime I think I make sense of the situation I get confused further. I am not the sharpest tool in the shed and to be honest I struggle with reading walls of text and trying to make sense of many terms I don't understand. I got issued a parking fine from what…
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One inch outside bay
Hi there, Posting on behalf of my wife! Had a 'fine' (invoice!) for parking 'outside of bay'. If I told you it's less than an inch outside of the bay, it'd be an exaggeration. The photos show - quite literally - the most minor of infraction you might imagine. Not blocking of others, not causing any obstruction, and one…
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PCN For Private Hire Vehicle Being in Bus Lane
Hi all, I’ve got this PCN due to being in a bus lane. I am a Private Hire Vehicle driver. I know where the location is. There is a bus and taxi sign just before turning left into the Priory Queensway of Birmingham. So I need help to appeal this PCN. Thanks a lot! Best regards David
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Parking Code evidence - your images of private parking signs are needed please!
This thread started life as a discussion about the DLUHC's Call for Evidence but EDITED 2025: Let's kick this off again in 2025 as evidence for the MHCLG for the Summer Public Consultation. We need evidence of private parking t&cs signs. If you take photos yourself, please show them as a screenshot to show the date a photo…
