Parking tickets, fines & parking

I received a PCN from Parking Eye during a recent visit to Aldi in Kidbrooke. Having used Plan A successfully at this location before, I contacted Aldi Customer Services with my receipt number. I explained that I had no intention of shopping at a place where I risked a £70 addition to my bill and within a day, they…

Hi all, I have received a Claim Form from DCB Legal LTD, issue date 19th Nov 2025. I submitted an acknowledgment of service on 26th Nov, which was received on 27th Nov. I am now planning my defence. I have included a copy of the Particulars of the Claim below. The claim is linked to 2 Parking Charges, the 1st is due to an…

Hello, I'm looking for some advice regarding a letter I've received from Civil Enforcement Ltd. It's a "Letter Before Action" for a PCN that I've had no previous correspondence with them about. The reason being that I moved address and only updated the V5C address with DVLA a couple of weeks after the alleged incident, so…

Thanks for this amazing forum BTW. I have received a DCBL Notice of Debt Recovery, "ignore it" is the overwhelming feeling I got from the Newbie sticky post. But, the PCN it refers to is from 2024 and they must have recently realised I moved and maybe my log book was out of date at time of stated convtravention. So, I…

Wife and the driver were travelling and we had to pull over somewhere as she was not feeling to well. She is pregnant and has been travelling for 4 hours. The driver and his wife are not from the area. Received a Parking charge, stating no valid e permit. Looking at the charge, the driver had pulled into a parking area…

Hi there forum dwellers I received a PCN through the post for a parking session at a CitiPark car park in April, just within the 14 day window. No windscreen notice. The parking was paid for via the app, but the wrong carpark was selected in the app. There are two Citipark locations next door to each other and the wrong…

Hello all, Here we go again… I have received a PCN from Brent Borough today for entering and stopping in the box junction when prohibited (contravention code: 31). I don't remember this happening. But the photographic evidence they have provided doesn't seem to be showing much, I am not convinced myself that I actually did…

Hello everyone, I hope you are well. Thank you very much for all the helpful contributions here. Unfortunately for me I did not find this previous to my appeal so went through that malarkey! This is my first time posting here and I have a couple of problems, please may I have your wise advice! First: The parking permit…

Hi everyone, Posting this for some advice for a friend. They received a PCN from a London Borough for driving through a no through road unless you are a resident. The driver was a delivery driver and was delivering to a resident. Are there any grounds to challenge this on? Many thanks

I parked in a larege almost empty car park on Swansea Waterfront, paid for my parking, and parked between two other vehicles already there. When I came back I found a notice on my screen claiming "a contravention" - but I was well inside my four hours and have no idea why Excel they stuck this on my screen. Any ideas?

Martin should take this up. Car park operator says £100 charge is reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days. But if you appeal the validity or go to POPLA then the discount isn’t available. What a con!

Hi all, thanks in advance for any help. I recently recieved a letter of claim for £170 parking in 2021. This was the first i had heard of it. The car was registered to the same address from 2020 to 2025. It was a standard letter of claim that has been posted om these forums before. I sent them the below. (Minus identifying…

I parked in East Heath Road car park. I paid for parking using the RingGo app. Unfortunately, we bought a new car a few months ago, and the app defaulted to the old car's reg no, not the new one. In my defence, I was in a hurry as I was taking a sample for analysis at the local hospital, as my granddaughter is taking…

Hi, I received a letter in January from Dcbl (Direct Collection Bailiffs Ltd) on behalf of National Parking control group, for stopping in an Esso petrol station and allegedly “parking in an area where parking is prohibited” Although this was the 1st letter I received, it was already stating that I was being fined £170 for…

Hi It’s been a few years but I am back again. It’s Tesco’s again but this time with Horizon. I see these things are called a Parking Charge these days, I received the charge via post 12 days from the alleged offence. I verified at the machine when leaving the store but I have no proof. Plan A - I have complained in store…

Hi, I've received this PCN from well over 3 years ago. This is the first letter I've received, I did move house around the same time, but made sure all my details were all updated. On the Civil Enforcement website it doesn't show any pictures and it says I can't appeal it because it's outside the given time frame. How…

Parking fine issued to my wife. She thinks she paid and the fine seems to indicate ‘insufficient time’ rather than non payment (no evidence as paid cash). As there are only 3 hours or all day options I can only assume she was 7 mins over (? 10 mins grace period). Also, it was only received today and so is 22 days after…

Greetings to the esteemed warriors against the scum of the earth PPCs, I've gone through the Newbie thread followed some of the steps and I'm now at the Letter of Claim stage. I've drafted a response to the LOC but wanted to get a second eye to take a look at it. First to provide details: - I stay in a residential building…

Good Morning, In March this year I paid Go Assist to fix a tumble dryer. They took a payment of £200 and also encouraged me to become a member with a monthly cost of £12. They have sent out engineers to fix the tumble dryer but the works are not finished. Their automated service says that the dryer has been fixed. I have…

Hello, I have received the attached claim form from CIL and I am now preparing my defence statement. I have made no changes to paragraphs 1-10 and for paragraph 3 I have taken this suggested language also making no changes to the wording: The Defendant, has little recollection of events considering this was more than a…