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POPLA Decisions
MSE Note: Hi! Please don't post any private details (yours or other peoples) on the forum for privacy reasons. Thanks! MSE Official Insert: Read our MoneySaving UK Travel & Transport guides to save more including Fight Private Parking Tickets and Parking Ticket Appeals. Back to Aaron Aadvark's original post.... This thread…
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MSE Parking Ticket Appeals Guide feedback
Hi all, We noticed that a recent thread we started about MoneySavingExpert's Parking Ticket Appeals Guide prompted a response from a number of users. Thank you for all the feedback. MSE's guides are based on detailed journalistic research and analysis rather than tailored advice aimed at individuals. These guides are…
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'Template' defence suggestion - NB: ultimately, your choice of defence wording is your own
CLAIM FORM FROM A PARKING FIRM? THEY ARE VERY EASY TO DEFEND. NO RISK, NO CCJ IF YOU FOLLOW THE ADVICE IN FULL. PLEASE READ THIS POST FIRST TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE SOME OR ALL OF THIS SUGGESTED 'TEMPLATE' DEFENCE, THAT YOU THEN MAKE YOUR OWN. THIS FORUM DOES NOT PURPORT TO CONDUCT LITIGATION. YOUR FINAL DEFENCE THAT YOU…
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**NEWBIES!! PRIVATE PARKING TICKET? OLD OR NEW? **READ THESE FAQS FIRST!** Thankyou!
:) WELCOME! :) HOW TO BEAT A PRIVATE PCN: BY APPEAL, COMPLAINT, OR DEFENCE. BEFORE YOU USE THE FORUM, IF YOU ARE NOT SURE HOW TO USE IT, CLICK HERE Forum Introduction Guide DO NOT USE YOUR REAL NAME AS YOUR USERNAME IF YOU POST A THREAD: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5532696 FAQS FIRST. NO THREAD IS…
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"A safe and friendly community"
Hi everyone, It's come to our attention that there have been more and more instances of uncivil behaviour here on the parking board, and I'd like to address the situation directly. Firstly, we'd like to express how much we value the insight and support that our very knowledgeable Forumites can offer. This is the very heart…
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Posting on the Parking Board – your help please
MSE Update November 2017 Hi everyone Please could all forumites using this board re-read our original post below. Thank you! ---- Please read our Don't Pay Unfair Parking Tickets News story for MSE's stance. Hi everyone, As you’ll be aware this board was set up for users to find factual information about parking tickets…
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The Parking Tickets Board Sticky
WELCOME [Useful Links & General Info] **NEWBIES!! PRIVATE PARKING TICKET? OLD OR NEW? **READ THESE FAQS FIRST!** Thankyou! Parking board feedback POPLA Decisions IAS Decisions (IAS = Independent Appeals Service) BPA Code of Practice - latest version Parking - Letter Before County Court Claim (LBCCC) - Fight back! Guidance…
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DCB legal ltd solicitors court claim letter
Hi everyone, Hope you can help me out with writing a defense regarding parking fine. I will post a letter shortly after. Long story short : original parking fines probably were delivered to old address. I updated v5 document and then i received Solicitors threatening letters to my new address. So i have no idea how i…
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NCP and autopay
Hello everyone, I wanted to get people's opinion on my parking ticket. I used to park in Manchester all the time and I used an NCP carpark near the office. They brought in autopay and I used it every day for ages. Then I changed job so didn't have to park in town anymore. Fast forward to earlier this year and I went into…
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Flashpark charge
Hi there. I have a couple of questions regarding a parking charge I received in the post two weeks ago. I've had a Google and the street is on a private residential estate and 'governed by a deed of covenant, administered by trustees.' The letter is from Flashpark and it says the street is permitted parking for residents…
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Gatwick Airport Drop off PCN- Times Parking
Hi all, I recently got a PCN through from Gatwick drop off I stupidly forgot to pay the drop off this time!! - its new supplier is Times Parking a member of IPC. I have received a "Parking Charge to Keeper" Have been reading the forums/ posts about the wording to use, but two factors at play here: 1. it's a car registered…
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Group thread: Heathrow Gatwick Manchester & other Airport drop-off PCNs - easy: how to appeal & win
DO NOT PAY ANY OF THE PARKING COMPANIES ISSUING DROP-OFF PCNs. Advice will change as & when the Government introduce the new statutory Code of Practice and new Appeals Service. And when the companies concerned finally learn (after statutory regulation forces them) how to treat consumers fairly and put up clear signs.…
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Advice needed – PCN for brief stop on private land (Gladstone Solicitors)
Hi everyone, On 14 December around 7 PM I was in a nearby town. I had parked and paid at an NCP car park. On my way home, I needed to pull over briefly to check something on my phone. I saw an empty area and stopped there for about 14 minutes. I did not leave the vehicle at any point. I didn’t park properly – I simply…
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Parking fine for missing last reg letter. Worth appealing to IAS?
A private Parking Charge Notice has been issued by Citiparks relating to parking at the Essex County Cricket Club car park, next to Virgin Active Chelmsford. Location:https://maps.app.goo.gl/fzcTeTrDxRUrpGLNA Summary of events (facts only): - The driver entered the Essex County Cricket Club car park and parked. - The…
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Claim Form Confusion
I apologise in advance, this is the first time using this site. I received a Claim Form from ParkingEye (DCB Legal Ltd), have done AOS and currently writing up a Defence. On the CF this is what is said under Particulars of Claim but there's some kind of error under point 3. I'm not sure what to do? 3. The Defendant is…
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Advice on DCB Legal Letter of Claim (Smart Parking) – Oakland Quay, London
Dear Money Saving Expert Team, This is my first post on here and hoping to get some guidance from all of you hero's! I recently received a DCB Legal Letter of Claim acting on behalf of Smart Parking Limited. The letter relates to a parking charge from July 2022. They demand I pay £170 with some urgency and their usual fear…
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DCB legal defence, Eurocarparks - Paragraph 3 check please
Hi - I have received the standard claim form from Europarks via DCB legal, for overstaying in a free car park longer than the maximum time allowed This alleged contravention was dated 04/05/2023. Claim form issue date was dated 19/03/2026 AOS submitted on MCOL 30/03/2026 Based on SoftwareMad’s document, I should have 33…
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Euro Car Parks - Charge for using Petrol Station Car Wash
Good Morning All, I have received a "Parking Charge" recently for spending around an hour in a petrol station, however I am planning to dispute it because I was not just parked in the place, I was using its services and handling the fact that the manager was being difficult and dishonest with me. Here is what happened: 1.…
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Not parked within markings - pregnant with children.
My heavily pregnant wife received the attached from UKPC with reasoning ‘not parked correctly within the markings’. This seems very unfair considering this car park does not have any parent & child spaces, and the adjacent car is very far over (almost touching the boundary line) limiting access to safely remove our 2 young…
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MOORSIDE LEGAL, NCP court claim
Hi all, I had visited Worthing on 19/03 to see a couple of friends and paid for parking. I then received a letter from NCP dated 01/04 claiming I hadn't paid, so I appealed it as I fortunately still had the tickets. However, my appeal was rejected as they claim I hadn't paid enough! I'd really like to take a photograph of…
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Parking charge notice from CPM
I'm a food delivery driver and I parked in a private parking area that requires a permit. They come round quite frequently to check but after several conversations with a few different parking officers, they allow delivery drivers 5-10 mins as long as we are parked in a bay as they understand our difficulty. Obviously this…
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Smart Parking and DCB Legal
Good day, Thank you in advance to everyone. My sister has received a Letter of Claim from DCB for Smart Parking. There is a mention of mediation, and at the request of the vehicle holder, have the rules changed? Do we need to use the reply link in their letter or wait for another letter? This seems slightly different to a…
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ECP Via DCB Legal
Iam helping my step daughter with this. Her husband the registered keeper has received a invitation from the court.The AOS has been done today and will look into completing the defence. The claim is for no valid pay and display permit was purchased? Iam told he purchased ticket there is video showing ticket in windscreen…
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Court proceedings DISCONTINUED Old alleged parking infraction dated 2021
The letter is from DCB ltd. Is there anything to do before I get the letter before court. I have read the Newbies sticky FAQ post 2 but could not find anything this old. So don't know if the oldness is relevant here.
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PCN on Residential Parking and now LOC
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…
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ONE PARKING SOLUTIONS PCN
Hi, I got a PCN from one parking solutions from at 5am on the 4th of jan and another 8th of feb 2026 at 12pm my disabled mother lives there I sometimes go there to look after her and help her out for shopping, the car was parked right next to her door to make it easy for her to get in, I know they won’t care what I tell…
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Hospital Parking Fine
Hello all, My partner is a nurse and was working a night shift and has received a parking fine. I saw in the newbie information that NHS workers are exempt between certain times which she qualifies under but the fine states that she parked in a senior staff bay without a valid permit displayed, so does that still apply?…
