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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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Parking stories in the News/media
To save adding to a post about something else it might be worth having a seperate thread for parking stories in the media Kicking it off is this on the BBC news site "Drivers fined as Durham car park camera 'misses them leaving' yep, its the good old double dip again, full story on the BBC here…
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CCJ for a parking ticket I have never had correspondence for. What do I do?
I received a letter in January 2026 about a CCJ obtained against me in respect of a PCN issued by a company called Civil Enforcement Limited. It is a PCN from July 2023 and this was the first correspondence I had received regarding anything to do with the parking ticket or fine. I wasn’t aware of a parking ticket from July…
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Parking eye ticket
we attend an event earlier this year and parked in carp park operated by Parking Eye. On our return one machine was out of order and the second was faulty and would not accept coins. There was no other method of payment. As evidence we took photos and ab video of the faulty machine not accepting payment. There was many of…
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Parking Code evidence - your images of private parking signs are needed please!
This thread started life as a discussion about the DLUHC's Call for Evidence but EDITED 2025: Let's kick this off again in 2025 as evidence for the MHCLG for the Summer Public Consultation. We need evidence of private parking t&cs signs. If you take photos yourself, please show them as a screenshot to show the date a photo…
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Manchester T2 drop off
I recently dropped my husband off in the drop off zone at T2. The traffic was mad and there were so many cars queueing to enter and leave the zone they had staff in hi-vis directing people to spaces. The queueing added time to our permitted time and when I logged onto the APCOA website to pay for the drop off I was…
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DCB legal claim form
Hi, I’ve just received a claim form from DCB Legal on behalf of secure parking solutions. Long story short a van that belongs to me which is used solely for business was parked in a pay and display, but didn’t pay the minimum van charge, instead paid the car fee. I have been back to this car park and there are huge signs…
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Napier Parking Fine
HI All I am a little stuck and need some help since B W Legal are now getting involved and my sons is panicking I am trying to help my son after he a call came through whilst driving and so came into the car park in the early hours to take a call and didn't even park in a bay arrived in at 02.35.50 and left at 02.42.18 .…
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SMART PARKING, DCB LEGAL court claim
Hi all, Hello all, I finally received court claim from DCB Legal for insufficient Time paid. I requested more information few months ago (following direction from the forum), they sent a whole lot of gabbage plus a photo of my car at the said car park with a time stamp. Nothing about how much I paid at the time or how long…
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Parking Charge Notice
I received a PCN from Euro Carparks originally stating that I hadn't paid and displayed. I contacted them to say that I did and provided evidence from my bank statement showing the payment & location. They have since rejected my appeal as I only paid for 2 hours and stayed for 2hrs 47mins. I'm my defence, which is not much…
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Dcbl private land overstay free time, court claim ,
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Bank Park ANPR missed my car leaving and coming back
Hi guys, My partners apartments have private parking on site which is managed by Bank Park, you are allowed a 30 minute grace period in vehicle on the site for dropping off and picking up residents, which we take advantage of regularly and then park elsewhere due to there being a waiting list on purchasing a space. The…
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OBservices Parking and DCB LEGAL court claim
HiI am new to this forum. I received a letter from DCBL, dated 24th September 2025, saying 'Notice of Debt Recovery - Unpaid Parking Charge £170.00' relating to a parking charge 21.04.2022. The letter reads 'we previously wrote to you at a different address but did not receive a response. We therefore utilised a tracing…
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Three parking fines at Tesco Hove by Horizon
I have recently received THREE PCNs from Horizon. I am the keeper, not the driver. I have successfully appealed on the PCN issued on 13th Oct 2025 for a parking event on 23rd Sep 2025 (the first parking ticket, received by post around 20th Oct), quoting their PCN was not compliant with POFA and also attached a shopping…
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CEL in House claim ws stage.
Hi all, Over a for the first time Thank you I
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PCN - Code 27 - Barnet Council
Hi All, I received a PCN from Barnet Council for contravention code 27: 27: Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway See images below, where I believe I was not parked on the below slope of the pathway? Unless I am missing something. I had…
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Parking charge when I was never at that location that
Just received a parking charge from Nexus showing my car details and reg plate at a location that I've never been to and whilst my car was at home. Unfortunately dashcam and home cameras don't show as far back as that date. Has this happened to anyone else? Help!
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Parking Ticket - Court Letter Received
I am being pursued for parking despite having paid for parking on the day in question.On 02/08/21, I attempted to purchase a parking ticket while on holiday with my family, including young children. The car park was extremely busy, with long queues at the payment machines. I successfully purchased a ticket; however, the…
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Successful complaints about private parking tickets - how to get them cancelled!
:D A happy thread of successes against private parking tickets by complaining! This is an ongoing record of cases where a motorist has succeeded in getting a private parking charge cancelled, simply by making an assertive complaint to the retailer/landowner/cinema/hotel/services (or other misinformed idiot) who naively…
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PCN issued for parking with evidence less than 5 mins
I parked my car in a loading bay in Tower Hamlets on 18th Jan 26. There was a PCN issued at 18.26 hrs. The online evidence has 7 photographs between 18.27 and 18.28. I understand that the evidence needs to show parked vehicle for at least 5 mins. I challenged the PCN on grounds that i had parked for unloading for a very…
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PCN issued for parking evidence less than 2 mins
I parked my car in a loading bay in Tower Hamlets on 18th Jan 26. There was a PCN issued at 18.26 hrs. The online evidence has 7 photographs between 18.27 and 18.28. I understand that the evidence needs to show parked vehicle for at least 5 mins. I challenged the PCN on grounds that i had parked for unloading for a very…
