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pcn-3/4/25
Hi, Keeper has received a "Claim Form" for a PCN Claimant - Parkmaven Representing - DCB Legal Keeper wasn't driving at the time Keeper has ignored letters regarding the PCN and subsequent debt collector threats Keeper and driver were visiting a local retail park to eat in a restaurant they eat at regularly. Claim form…
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Received Claim Form from Civil National Business Centre - Total Parking Solutions & DCB Legal
Hi there, I wonder if you can help me out. I received a claim form from the Civil National Business Centre, for a parking charge originally issued by Total Parking Solutions, now represented by DCB Legal. The original charge was for overstaying by 10-15 mins at a village supermarket/post office. We shop there multiple…
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APCOA Heathrow Drop-Off £80 PCN Cancelled - Thank you!!!
Hello, Here is my story. I dropped off a friend at Heathrow using the drop-off zone in December. Like most people here, I simply forgot to pay the £5 charge. A genuine oversight due to the busy traffic chaos Heathrow is. I never intended not to pay the £5 charge. In January, I received a PCN asking for £80 while…
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Initial Parking / Appeal Rejected / POPLA advice required - all stickies/FAQs read
Afternoon all. Hopefully, just some quick guidance required as I've read lots of the great advice on here already. I received a PCN/NTK from Initial Parking this week as the keeper of a vehicle that had "unpaid tariff time" at White Moss Lower Car Park. It seems I'm not alone in getting stung here: lots of reports on Trust…
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FAAC Mobility Services NtK
Hello all, new member here. I was an active user of the PePiPoo forum a number of years ago and was well up to speed with private parking companies, but have been out of the loop for several years now (PoFA / POPLA was a new thing then). Received a NtK from FAAC Mobility Services for a 10 minute overstay in a LNER railway…
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PCN for overstay parking due to broken down Car.
Hello, I would be grateful for any guidance on
this overstayed parking issue due to car broken down. I was issue with a PCN by
CP Plus for £100 for this incident. I appealed to CP Plus / Nexus which was
rejected. But they did state they would reduce it to £20 if I paid in 14 days
as per The Private Parking Sector Single…
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Smart Parking Antics!
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/25454434.womans-5-000-bill-parking-fines-issued-bull/
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Tower Rd Newquay Smartparking PCN for overstay
Had a PCN arrive today and don’t really know what to do. i ‘thought’ on the day I may have been 5 mins over but the NTK today obviously lists the times for the ANPR which at the time I hadn’t realised they used. Drove in as a confused tourist, queued to get a space, queued to then use a very confusing machine as there was…
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Lost at Hearing - Didn't Receive Hearing Date - Can I Appeal?
I'm hoping to get some urgent advice regarding a private parking ticket that has gone to the court. I filed my Defence in mid-February and have been waiting for a hearing date from the court. In early August, I received a witness statement from the PPC's solicitor, Gladstone, on behalf of UK Car Park Management Ltd…
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Debt Collector knocking, original fine not received
Hi, I’d appreciate some advice. I received a fine from debt collectors (Bw legal) for a parking at one of the Napiers parking lots. too late to appeal as I have never updated DVLA records after moving house. Now they are slapping me with £160 fine. Having read the newbie faqs, I have emailed the collectors to erase my old…
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PCN for unpaid drop-off charge at London Gatwick Airport - Does PoFA apply?
Has anyone successfully appealed against a PCN, for an unpaid drop-off fee at Gatwick, by arguing that PoFA doesn't apply to airports, because they're governed by bylaws, and so there's no keeper liability?
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Parking fine at petrol station – grounds for appeal?
I've just received a parking fine from Horizon Parking for exceeding the 30 minute maximum stay at my local Asda petrol station. The Asda handles Amazon returns and I drove there to take numerous parcels for return. Due to the length it took staff to handle the returns (I think they were dealing with some IT issues) I was…
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Atlip Centre Wembly Car Parking ticket - getting it cancelled
I received a ticket from this completely scam company. I appealed to the UKCPM. I got acknowledgement of the appeal, but didnt receive any result of appeal, only later to receive a Debt Recovery notice. The crafty schemers sent the Debt notice well after my appeal date. When I tried to take it to the Independent Appeal…
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UKPC Claim Form Defence (DCB Legal)
Hi, first of all, thank you for everyone's efforts on this forum. These cowboys need to be put in their place! I have won a few appeals against PPCs in my time so I've been fighting the good fight but this is the first time it has gone to MCOL stage. I'm at the stage where I am drafting a defence after spending hours…
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Private PCN when parked on adopted road
New member, first post. I've read the NEWBIES sticky thread. Now, I know it says my case isn't different but, don't jump on me, there are a couple of odd circumstances and I'd like your advice. Private parking operator: Premier Park. No windscreen PCN. Date of incident: 14/8/25 Date of issue: 16/8/25 Date received: 20/8/25…
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UKPCL and DCBLegal - Defence Guidance
I received following POC mid December and submitted AOS in time. I am now preparing my defence. I will be grateful if someone could please review my defence, and provide feedback in case changes are needed / text needs to be added / removed. Thank you in advance. From defence template I have: The facts known to the…
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Premier Park Appeal
I have got a parking charge issued after 72days of incident. Appealed to Premier Park which was declined with a generic response. I have appealed to POPLA and have received a response from Premier Park. POPLA has asked me to respond to Premier Park's statement. I have drafted this. Can someone read through to see if it…
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NPM PCN Woodgrange Road - Waiting in the car
Hello everyone! Hope everyone is well! I am back again XD I have a PCN from NPM. I am the RK of the vehicle. The driver dropped off a passenger on a side road as it would have been a bit inconvenient for other road users to wait on the side of the main road, they thought it would be easier to turn in. The driver then did a…
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Horizon Parking ticket for parking in parent and child bay
Hi, A family member got a horizon parking ticket for parking in a parent and child bay in Tesco parking lot. This was on the weekend in the morning (so it's not like children would be off in school at that time). Is it possible to appeal this? Possibly by saying that they dropped off children before heading off into the…
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Charging my EV at McD and later stung with PCN - POPLA ref expired
Hi Thanks for all advice on this forum I have been reading through it. I want to start a BEV charging thread. Briefly the facts are these: I parked my e-Golf in an Instavolt charging bay in a McDonalds car park when I was on a weekend city break, and proceeded to charge it to 100%. This took 2.5hrs when I had a McD and…
