Notice of debt Recovery from DCB Ltd - please help

SSo

Dear All,

I'm new on here and have gone through the newbie thread on parking fines but still at lost of what to do as really confused !

Basically, I'm in England. I parked my car in the ALDI carpark , Euro car Parks Ltd (in the electric parking bay) and charged my electric car for a few hours and left it there for a bit too long (unfortunately didn't realise that there is a time limit). This was in Feb 2024. We then had a nasty RTA in May 2024 and the car was written off.

We did move home in May 2023, I updated my address on Driving license but didn't think of changing it on the V5 ! So, seems like the euro carpark penalties probably did go to my old address but I did not know of it at all as I never got any letter forwards from my old address. Today, suddenly I got this letter to my current address (see attached) from DCBL demanding £170 !

What should I do ?

I see that in the threads suggested that I could appeal to the EuroCarpark, but Do I have any legs to stand on - given that I forgot to update my V5 address when I moved homes in May 2023 ? What should I actually say to the EuroCarpark ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm glad I looked in here first , as I was going to pay !

ps/ some threads suggested NEVER to ring the DCBL - why is this ? I have to confess - when I received the notice from DCBL this week, I did panic and called them to find out what this is as I didn't think any claim would come back to bite my backside after 2 years ! I asked if I can appeal and they said NO. I then terminated the call and came to MSE forum to check if anyone had same experience.

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Gr1pr

There were NO FINES and NO Penalties either, just invoices from a private parking company, ECP

Much too late to appeal to ECP or anyone else

Do not pay !

Never phone anyone, especially dont phone powerless debt collectors like DCBL ( not worth it )

IGNORE DCBL

Wait for DCB LEGAL sending you a Letter of Claim giving you 30 days notice in the post

But do confirm your correct address using their app

Coupon-mad

"have gone through the newbie thread"

But that letter is already in the pictures in post 4 of the NEWBIES thread.