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DCBL/Euro car parks question from a new member
Hello. I've received letters from DCBL in Feb, March, April, and May 2025 relating to an unpaid parking charge of £170 on behalf of Euro car parks for "parking longer that the max allowed period" in a coop car park back in Dec 2022. I have also received a letter from DCB Legal in June. And most recently a letter from…
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Elms Legal - Letter Before Claim
Hello All, I am hoping you can give me some advice. As registered keeper of a vehicle, I recieved a letter from Excel parking stating I had been parked illegally in a business park I was visiting for a meeting. I ignored this letter. I then received a 2 letters from DCBL debt recovery. I tried to phone these guys, but they…
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Luton airport PCN - paid online in accordance with the terms but mistakenly selected the wrong date
My partner picked me up in his car at the Luton Airport 5 minute drop off car park at 00:33, leaving at 00:35, on 05/09/2025. For this airport you pay online within 24 hours. I thought I had done this. Received a PCN just now from APCOA and in my anger/panic/frustration phoned them up to understand why the charge was sent,…
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Smart Parking PCN Issued in Scotland
Hi all, Just wondering how the appeal process works in Scotland? Any quick fix like in England? Used EV Charger in an overflow car park, no specific signage relating to Smart Parking etc. Car park was associated with Bannatyne gym but assume that EV charging is publicly available
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smart parking DCB legal ltd
Hi people is there anybody who could advise me on a the process im in a lot of physical and mental pain and my concentration is very limited. so far I have submitted the aos within the 14day time frame and now working within the 28 day window before a CCJ would have been issued against a parking fine from 2022 which I have…
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Stansted Airport Drop off/Pick up
Hi all, I used the Stansted Airport drop-off/pick-up area on Tuesday night, entering at around 23:45 and likely leaving within a few minutes—probably before midnight. As you know, payment is required online by midnight the next day. However, when I tried to pay, the website only offers payment options starting from 1:00am…
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Nexus taking me to court
I followed all the advice on the forum (I think) and I just got an email saying that they are proceeding with taking me to court. I really though from what everyone had said that they'd just drop it. I wish I'd paid it in the first place now! Really stressed about this now. Why haven't they backed down like everyone said…
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*Time sensitive* Just learned of CCJ against me and the payment deadline is tomorrow (12 Sep)
Hi everyone, I’ve just found out (yesterday evening) that I received a CCJ ruling for a parking charge from G24 (through DCB
Legal) and I’m stressing about what to do next. Sorry I haven’t had time to dig through all the links on the newbie post properly as I’ve only
just realised how tight my deadline is. However the post…
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POPLA Decision Southgate Park
A big shout out to Coupon Mad and the rest of the guys and girls that gave valuable advice and encouragement to take on MET PARKING. We Won ! DecisionSuccessfulAssessor NameStuart LumsdenAssessor summary of operator caseThe operator has issued the parking charge notice (PCN) due to parking without payment or…
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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…
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bristowsutor / Penalty Charge Notice due to Transport for London
Hi, Hope someone can help, I have just received the following email requesting over £700! Should I assume this is genuine? They have the correct vehicle listed and I have driven in London before but I've not received any letters in the post. How did they even get my email?
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Britannia/DCB Legal PCN - CNBC Claim - Comments on defence answers 3 and 4 please
Hi everyone, I have read through all the newbies thread and understood
most of the process, and was hoping for some assistance with the date I have to
submit defence via email by and comment on my draft. I have calculated that I need to submit the defence by Sunday
22 March at 4pm. But does this get moved forward due to it…
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Bristol Airport Free Waiting Zone Fine
We recently collected my sister in law from Bristol Airport, she was delayed waiting for baggage but we saw we could pay if we went over the hour. When she finally arrived the free waiting area was packed and we had to ask a taxi to move to let us out which resulted in us being just outside the hour and so had to pay £10.…
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Help with CCJ claim
Hi, I’ve received a CCJ claim letter dated 15/08/2025 for a Tesco parking breach. The situation was that I parked in a disabled spot and on the first letter I received it was for the correct Tesco store. However, every letter since and also on this claim letter they’ve kept stating that the breach of parking was at another…
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Advice on Claim Form - DCBLegal / Smart Parking
Hello, I've recently received the claim form from CNBC. I followed all the previous advice, to summarise: * Received the Letter Of Claim 15th July 2025 * Responded to them via Email as per the newbies thread on 9th Aug 2025, no response other than the automatic reply * Received the claim form with issue date 18 Aug 2025 *…
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Help with railway Apcoa Fine ZZPS now involved
Hi all, I am a newbie to this thread and have read all the required information (there is a lot to wrap my head around) as well as other posts made here, but I still feel uncertain about what I should do next. Recently, I received a parking fine from APCOA. I used an app to pay for parking, but unfortunately, I paid for…
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Anchor, Moorside Legal court claim 2025
Family member has received a CCJ claim from Anchor Security Services for the amount of £1350 broken up into £1190 amount claimed, £80 court fee and £80 legal represented costs. Back story: Family member rents an apartment building, when they started renting there was no parking restrictions in place but a few months after…
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Smart Parking Ltd - Appeal denied with evidence
Hello, Unfortunately I have to be subject to parking cowboys like this company. I went to park early morning to pickup milk and within 10 minutes left the parking. Then later that day I came back to park as I needed a few more items but left the parking within 20 minutes again. So this is a case of multi-entry and…
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Notice of intention to prosecute
I note a lot of very good advice for parking fines. Is there anything similar for speeding fines? This is what I have seen with regards to parking. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822/newbies-private-parking-ticket-old-or-new-read-these-faqs-first-thankyou#latest
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Parking Charge Notice - UKPS at Coventry Rugby Club Butts Arena
I am new to this Forum. As the registered keeper I have received a Parking Charge Notice from UKPS at the Coventry Rugby Club Butts Arena in Coventry. The notice shows the Vehicle entering the car park and leaving within approx. 9 minutes. I have been reading some of the advice on the Newbie Thread and appreciate there is…
