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PCN Help - ECP

jrs101
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edited 30 December 2025 at 3:22PM in Parking tickets, fines & parking
Hello

I got a PCN in Sept. (Euro car parks).

Due to life etc it slipped my mind. Let me briefly describe. 

It's 3 hours free parking. I parked and returned to my car after around 30 mins. Car battery dead. Called breakdown service who  said it would be tomorrow now. So I left the car and returned the following morning. Rac fixed it. I drove off.

I now have received a debt recovery plus letter (date of this notice 9 dec) saying to pay in full £170  or 4 payments of 42.50 over 4 months or do nothing with"intent not to pay" added to the case.

It says to pay by 23 Dec.

Please help me here.

Thanks
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  • Brie
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    Step 1 is to go back to the carpark to where you were shopping and ask them to get the PCN dismissed.
    Step 2 is to ignore the threats from the PCN company and not pay.  
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  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 160,823 Forumite
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    It's not urgent.

    Just try Plan A from the NEWBIES THREAD.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • jrs101
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    Brie said:
    Step 1 is to go back to the carpark to where you were shopping and ask them to get the PCN dismissed.
    Step 2 is to ignore the threats from the PCN company and not pay.  
    It's a huge site and do not recall what shop I was in.
  • jrs101
    jrs101 Posts: 287 Forumite
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    It's not urgent.

    Just try Plan A from the NEWBIES THREAD.
    As in the blue template?

    Thanks
  • Coupon-mad
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    No.       
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • Umkomaas
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    jrs101 said:
    Brie said:
    Step 1 is to go back to the carpark to where you were shopping and ask them to get the PCN dismissed.
    Step 2 is to ignore the threats from the PCN company and not pay.  
    It's a huge site and do not recall what shop I was in.
    SOME IDEAS FOR DETERMINING WHO OWNS THE LAND 

    1. Google searches
    2. If a retail park, check on any signage which lists the on-site outlets
    3. Ask retailers on the site if there is a managing agent
    4. Ask retailers on the site to whom do they pay rent
    5. Contact the local authority and ask who pays the non-domestic/business rate for the car park (some councils have a spreadsheet on their website)
    6. Contact the local Valuation Office and ask if they know. They often have a website which might provide the information 
    7. Contact The Land Registry and for a small fee they should be able to provide definitive detail
    8. If you haven't already done so, give us the name of the car park/site/location, we may have seen other cases there. 
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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  • jrs101
    jrs101 Posts: 287 Forumite
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    Umkomaas said:
    jrs101 said:
    Brie said:
    Step 1 is to go back to the carpark to where you were shopping and ask them to get the PCN dismissed.
    Step 2 is to ignore the threats from the PCN company and not pay.  
    It's a huge site and do not recall what shop I was in.
    SOME IDEAS FOR DETERMINING WHO OWNS THE LAND 

    1. Google searches
    2. If a retail park, check on any signage which lists the on-site outlets
    3. Ask retailers on the site if there is a managing agent
    4. Ask retailers on the site to whom do they pay rent
    5. Contact the local authority and ask who pays the non-domestic/business rate for the car park (some councils have a spreadsheet on their website)
    6. Contact the local Valuation Office and ask if they know. They often have a website which might provide the information 
    7. Contact The Land Registry and for a small fee they should be able to provide definitive detail
    8. If you haven't already done so, give us the name of the car park/site/location, we may have seen other cases there. 
    Bracknell peel Centre.

    I tried seeing the PCN ON ECP website. It points me to the debt recovery link. Which naturally doesn't allow me to write a letter explaining all.

    If I write a letter to ECP it will take time to get there and will be past the "payment date" 

    Thoughts there?
  • jrs101 said:
    Umkomaas said:
    jrs101 said:
    Brie said:
    Step 1 is to go back to the carpark to where you were shopping and ask them to get the PCN dismissed.
    Step 2 is to ignore the threats from the PCN company and not pay.  
    It's a huge site and do not recall what shop I was in.
    SOME IDEAS FOR DETERMINING WHO OWNS THE LAND 

    1. Google searches
    2. If a retail park, check on any signage which lists the on-site outlets
    3. Ask retailers on the site if there is a managing agent
    4. Ask retailers on the site to whom do they pay rent
    5. Contact the local authority and ask who pays the non-domestic/business rate for the car park (some councils have a spreadsheet on their website)
    6. Contact the local Valuation Office and ask if they know. They often have a website which might provide the information 
    7. Contact The Land Registry and for a small fee they should be able to provide definitive detail
    8. If you haven't already done so, give us the name of the car park/site/location, we may have seen other cases there. 
    Bracknell peel Centre.

    I tried seeing the PCN ON ECP website. It points me to the debt recovery link. Which naturally doesn't allow me to write a letter explaining all.

    If I write a letter to ECP it will take time to get there and will be past the "payment date" 

    Thoughts there?
    Don’t worry about the payment date. You’ll not be paying them
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 160,823 Forumite
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    jrs101 said:
    Umkomaas said:
    jrs101 said:
    Brie said:
    Step 1 is to go back to the carpark to where you were shopping and ask them to get the PCN dismissed.
    Step 2 is to ignore the threats from the PCN company and not pay.  
    It's a huge site and do not recall what shop I was in.
    SOME IDEAS FOR DETERMINING WHO OWNS THE LAND 

    1. Google searches
    2. If a retail park, check on any signage which lists the on-site outlets
    3. Ask retailers on the site if there is a managing agent
    4. Ask retailers on the site to whom do they pay rent
    5. Contact the local authority and ask who pays the non-domestic/business rate for the car park (some councils have a spreadsheet on their website)
    6. Contact the local Valuation Office and ask if they know. They often have a website which might provide the information 
    7. Contact The Land Registry and for a small fee they should be able to provide definitive detail
    8. If you haven't already done so, give us the name of the car park/site/location, we may have seen other cases there. 
    Bracknell peel Centre.

    I tried seeing the PCN ON ECP website. It points me to the debt recovery link. Which naturally doesn't allow me to write a letter explaining all.

    If I write a letter to ECP it will take time to get there and will be past the "payment date" 

    Thoughts there?
    Nobody was telling you to contact ECP.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • jrs101
    jrs101 Posts: 287 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    jrs101 said:
    Umkomaas said:
    jrs101 said:
    Brie said:
    Step 1 is to go back to the carpark to where you were shopping and ask them to get the PCN dismissed.
    Step 2 is to ignore the threats from the PCN company and not pay.  
    It's a huge site and do not recall what shop I was in.
    SOME IDEAS FOR DETERMINING WHO OWNS THE LAND 

    1. Google searches
    2. If a retail park, check on any signage which lists the on-site outlets
    3. Ask retailers on the site if there is a managing agent
    4. Ask retailers on the site to whom do they pay rent
    5. Contact the local authority and ask who pays the non-domestic/business rate for the car park (some councils have a spreadsheet on their website)
    6. Contact the local Valuation Office and ask if they know. They often have a website which might provide the information 
    7. Contact The Land Registry and for a small fee they should be able to provide definitive detail
    8. If you haven't already done so, give us the name of the car park/site/location, we may have seen other cases there. 
    Bracknell peel Centre.

    I tried seeing the PCN ON ECP website. It points me to the debt recovery link. Which naturally doesn't allow me to write a letter explaining all.

    If I write a letter to ECP it will take time to get there and will be past the "payment date" 

    Thoughts there?
    Nobody was telling you to contact ECP.
    If I find the managing agent address, email or postal, that is what I'm doing wiring to them correct?
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