Parking tickets, fines & parking

Hi everyone, I’d really appreciate some advice on a private parking charge situation I’m currently dealing with. I recently visited a McDonald’s as a paying customer and stayed on site to use the restaurant and its facilities. Some time later, I received a Parking Charge Notice from a private parking company stating that…

I was ready to submit my appeal on MCOL using the excellent guidelines you guys have given to smart parking but it ended up being an extremely hectic month and has gone past the 28 day appeals period. It has now defaulted to the judgement than I have to pay £839!! I was just about to pay it then realised that I have the…

Hello guys, I am kinda panicking. So someone i know got a claim form letter for a PCN from Elms Legal Limited and the operator is Vehicle Control Serivces. This was for a PCN at Southend Airport so I know it defendable. However, the issue date is 6th February and nothing has been done for it till date. The register keeper…

Hi all Back in 2022, I was driving my wife's car to the hospital I worked at as a doctor, during the covid pandemic. Whilst "free parking" onsite for keyworkers was allowed for a period of time at the height of the pandemic, this stopped around 2022, but I still parked on a few occasions without a parking permit (sadly the…

Hi all. I've been following the outlined steps and been sent a confirmation of the mediation call date. Has anyone got some help for summarizing the defense that I submitted? I just used the defense that was recommended on the previous threads. Also, what is the process after the mediation call, will that be the end of…

Hello, So this is actually the second claim made against me and this forum successfully helped me defend myself last time. My defense will primarily be the same as the failure of NCP's autopay caused the incident in this claim and the one previously defended with a few days between the alleged failure on my part. I just…

Hi all, Helping a friend who received this PCN. Will appeal using blue template but just wanted to check if this is POFA compliant as thinking ahead to moneyclaim. The driver was waiting in car for a passenger (uber). The photos online shows a passenger walking in. Is it worth mentioning anything further in the template…

Good evening, just a quick thread about a PCN I have recieved, im currently on the 14 day of issue, and tempting to pay the £60 for the driver, as cant be dealing with the ping pong of letters and emails, been here before! But something has caught my attention, the driver was issued a PCN for non payment at a local social…

Hi all, I hope that you can help me with this issue, as I have wrongly received a PCN, despite not stopping in the car park but I did enter it twice in the same evening, I believe this is known as 'double-dipping'. This issue is causing me lots of undue distress and worry, as I have done nothing wrong; I did not park, stop…

Hi all apologies for asking the same question, there is way too much information on this board to get through to find the solution and I have learning difficulties, hence my post, sorry. I have not made any contact yet. I received a letter from DCBL on 28th January stating a notice of debt recovery for an unpaid parking…

Hi. I'd like some advice please. On 31/3/26 I attended an NHS provider for a medical procedure on an industrial estate. I had sedation so had to be collected by someone else. When I was collected my car was parked without entering the reg into a tablet for authorisation (parking was free if authorised) for 22 minutes. The…

Hi all, Stayed in a Napier car park in August, paid right away for an hour. Had a medical emergency on the beach, first aid for my little boy’s bleeding foot (hottest day of the year too, phew!) Got back to car in time, waited for AC to kick in, left car park. We overstayed parking by 13 minutes, which is reduced to 3…

Morning folks. My first post here so please be kind I'm after some advice regarding a parking charge notice received recently from Smart Parking The story goes like this Driver entered a car park at 8.51am Ticket purchased at 8.53am at the machine in the car park itself. Ticket covered until 10.08am (75 minutes). Ticket…

I have received a PCN from Civil Enforcement for £100.00 (£60.00 if paid within 14 days) for parking at one of their car parks in Bridlington on 21st June. I booked via JustPark and have found out I put in my old reg plate (phone autofilled and foolishly didn’t double check). I have already had a rejected appeal on this…

For the second time recently, I find myself reaching out for advice in this forum :( since my car was recently clamped at the Forest Park and Ride site in Nottingham. Whilst I was under the impression only the police and DVLA could now clamp cars, seems there is a byelaw provision for 'railway land' which means this…

Hot off the press, is the case of Mazur and Stewart v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341 Thought this might interest the community because I have a feeling this is going have a potentially significant impact in the way law firms do their business, not least for DCBL and similar firms operating in this sphere…

I received a county court claim form for a parking charge almost 5 years ago. I was in the military, so I had my mother's address registered with DVLA. Since leaving the military, I have been in rented accommodation and have been living in my own house for over 2 years before receiving any letters. I had one letter…

Hi All, I received a letter of claim today from Moorside Legal for UKPS Ltd. so I have been reading the forum for my next course of action. I have used the template with one minor addition and emailed it to the address that auto-replies with a "this email is not manned" type response but according to what I have read here,…

Hello, I wanted some info regarding statutes of limitation and if there are grounds for me to appeal this PCN that I was emailed about. Allegedly a parking notice was sent to my address at the time the parking incident happened however I cannot recall if it did or not since it has been 4 years the parking company has now…

Hi all, Is there a statute of limitations on these cowboy parking fines?