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5 year old "fine"
I received a letter from DCBL regarding a fine supposedly occurring in 2019. That is good 5 years ago. The presented motive is "parking beyond the permitted time" in a Waitrose carpark. I can't even remember what happened a year ago, so I cannot remember who the driver was at the time of the alleged offense. Certainly not…
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Overstayed by 21mins
Hi all I’ve read the newbies thread and understand how to appeal. My q is ticket was paid for 2 hrs duration, I was not driving the vehicle, husband overstayed by 21mins due to my toddler hurting himself and we were busy taking care of him and did not realise we had overstayed our time limit. Should I appeal by using the…
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Met Parking Stansted Popla Appeal Draft
Hi I've put together a draft of my Popla appeal against a parking penalty from Met Parking Southgate Park. I created this by taking information from other appeals. l would appreciate any advice as I'm not sure if I am doing everything I need to do. Dear
Sir/Madam As the
registered keeper, this is my appeal about a Penalty…
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Birmingham CAZ - I know I’ve got no way out of this, but no harm in asking
Long story short, I forgot to pay my £8 charge, and now they want £120. I can’t afford this. Tough luck to me. however, I paid for a CAZ charge 7 days later. They’ve rejected my appeal. My appeal was “I thought I paid this fee with my second entrance to the CAZ” Do I have anyway out of this?
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Urgent Assistance Required – UK Parking Control Ltd Claim
Hi, We have received a Claim Form from UK Parking Control Ltd regarding an alleged parking contravention for "No Parking Out of Hours." The incident occurred in a retail park, and unfortunately, we did not appeal to the retail park management before the claim progressed to this stage. At the time, it was dark, and we did…
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Council Ticket - parked in limited time permit holder
@Coupon-mad I found a post that you referred people to so they can create threads for council tickets for a forum linked to pepipoo.com, when i open it it does not show any page ,just a 404 error - please advise if there is another link i can use ? This is the thread i am referring to which you mentioned -…
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Local Council parking ticket (but operated by APCOA)
i recently had to attend a physio appointment at my local GP at 9:00am. i parked nearby on double yellow lines at about 8:45 and put my blue badge in the window with the clock set. unfortunately id put the time as 9:45am. i went in the GPs and when i came out at about 9:26am i had a yellow notice from Lincolnshire CC. i…
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Smart Parking DCB Legal Civil Court Claim
Hello, I have been reading messages on how to respond to these but wanted to ask advice on my claim just to make sure it's not different to others, and if not, I'll delete the post to avoid duplication. I have moved address but have been sent a court summons due to ignoring a parking fine from Smart Parking, then chased by…
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Received Mediation date
Hi everyone, I have received my mediation date of 30/10/2025. They have attached a form on the bottom of the email confirming my date. Daft question, but do I fill this form in and send it back? I've checked the defence template thread and can see they're only like 5 minutes long too. Is this still true in Oct 2025 and…
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Claim form judgement
Hi all I had received to a claim form. I replied to the claim form, following the steps in the newbies thread. I even have proof that I replied to the claim form, i did it online Today I received a letter from the court saying I have not replied to the claim form and are saying I must pay £283. Then there is a note saying…
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Merged: Claim form received from Excel Parking at wrong address
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Charge Certificate from Ealing
Hi I'd like some advice on what I can do about my issue with this charge certificate, asking me to pay £240 from Ealing Council. I'll write the events as follows below: - PCN to owner received through post. Contravention date: 08/06/2025. Date of Notice: 12/06/2025 - PCN challenged on 25/06/2025 formal representation made…
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Parking Penalty Charge Notice
I parked my car yesterday on Tuesday 9:25pm and got a parking charge notice 5 minutes later by Westerminster Council. Location: 57-59 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4QX This section of the road has some building works that divide the long stretch of parking spaces into 2. There are 2 places which had this sign in front of them.…
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PCN Discontinuation Notice Received - Court Case Still Active
Hi All Firstly, I'm a long time lurker and very grateful for the solid advice on here, which has helped guide me in this journey. On December 23rd, straight from my Mother's funeral, my family & friends went to a local public house to toast my late Mother. It was absolutely tipping it down that day, very dark and kind of…
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DCB Legal Smart Parking Claim
Hello all Thanks to the advice on the forum I made a successful POPLA appeal against a Smart Parking NTK in 2021. Unfortunately friends who were with us had moved house and missed the deadline for the appeal. They notified Smart Parking of the change of address. This arrived the other day. The MCOL website would not…
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Merged: Hx car management - got a ticket for not properly parking in a disabled bay.
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Merged: Hx Car Park Management & Gladstones Letter before Claim but never received a ticket
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Gladstones LBC: Draft Response for Review
Hi all, I’ve received a Letter Before Claim from Gladstones Solicitors on behalf of Premier Parking Enforcement Ltd (dated 8th September 2025). The alleged issue is that my car was not fully within a bay. However, there were large containers and other obstructions directly opposite the bay, which narrowed the roadway. To…
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DCB Legal Claim Form Defence Advice
Hi All, I received a claim form from Baysentrey Solutions, I have now submitted a Aos and just wanted some advice on preparing the defense - i.e do you have any recommendations on changes I should make to the template. The ticket issued for me not displaying a permit (This was for parking in my own designated residential…
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PCN on Free car park at GP surgery during appointment as a patient
Got a PCN from Civil enforcement ltd because I forgot to enter my reg when I parked at my GP surgery car park reserved for patients to attend an appointment. I provided proof of appointment so they reduced fine to £20 which I refused to pay cause this car park was built for patients use and CEL were supposedly brought in…
