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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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Not my car, not my plate. Scandalous dereliction of care.
I wonder if someone, more well versed in these situations than I, will kindly let me have their thoughts please. I have received a parking charge from an outfit called "Saba Park Services". They alledge I was illegally parked in "Chalfont" without a ticket and are demanding a £60:00 penalty. When signing into their…
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THE PARKING SPACE, B W LEGAL court claim
Hi all, Sorry if this has already been covered, I have had a good read through the newbie section but can't see much about tickets that come through the post with pictures of the car going in an out. I did go to the ticket machine and thought I paid for three hours but I will be honest it was a couple of weeks ago so it…
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CCJ from Parkingeye. Claim form not received as driver resides abroad. Can I set aside?
I have recently been advised that I could request to set aside this CCJ based on the fact that I reside overseas and the claim forms were not served correctly. My car is registered with DVLA at my UK holiday home address, so the claim forms were sent there while I was residing overseas. I did not discover them until last…
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UKCPS invoice - started court claims
So, my wife went to a Dental Surgery (NHS) a while ago. There's a private parking there with bays allocated to specific businesses, operated by UKCPS. The signage is hard to see but it is there, fair enough. The thing is - all bays for the Dental Surgery were taken, so she parked in another bay. the bay she parked in was…
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Claim papers received, please help I am confused
Hello, I got a claim and really need support. I used this forum in the successfully but it seems I did everything wrong as I now received the small claims paperwork. I am panicking please help. I read the newbies thread but am really confused and afraid to proceed on my own. The worst bit is that everything is in the name…
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EV Parking Fine - Reading Station
Hi all, Looking for some advice on a Parking Charge I received last week at Reading Long Stay Car Park. I arrived at reading station and connected my car to the EV charger. There is no signal within the car park that was strong enough to establish a connection so I went outside where I reconnected and the holding payment…
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Dcbl
Good Afternoon, Checkout these chancers. Two tickets from 4 years ago completely out the blue. Unfortunately for these muppets, I have proof of payment for both. Do I let them stew? I didnt think they could threaten bailiffs for civil matters anyway.
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Prohibition of Stopping charges contravene IPC CoP (unless at airports or similar)
We have received a notice of unpaid parking charge from UKCPS at 'Private Roadways Bilbrough'. I'm not seeking support on the forum but to share with those similarly affected my understanding that UKCPS are contravening the IPC Code of Practice V9 issued 1 Jan 2024. The CoP states: 13.3 Prohibition on stopping The…
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Parking Charge - Britannia Parking
Hi, Can't believe I'm back here with another PCN to Keeper this time from Britannia Parking. I just have a quick question: This is for a carpark in Glastonbury where we bought a ticket from a machine but were approx 1/2hr late returning to the car. My question though relates to the timing on receipt of this PCN. The date…
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Defence Form help appreciated!
Hi all, I've been searching this forum for assistance with a parking charge I believe unjust and frankly absurd, and I'd really appreciate your opinion on the defence below which I intend to return to the Court attached to the Defence and Counterclaim form. I'm having to scan and email these as the online system doesn't…
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NCP online not allowing payment or appeal
I have just attempted to enter the details for the parking charge I received yesterday in order to appeal (but would also be the same if I were trying to pay as it's the initial details stage) but I just get this (screenshot attached). Do we think the system is temporarily down or might this be related to the situation of…
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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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Residential lease Gladstones witness statement help please, Hearing in just over 2 weeks!
Hi All, Would like some advice please. I am the owner of a flat I am renting out. I was attending my flat and parked next to my parking bay but not within the bay. My bay had my tenant's parked car. My tenant had told me they would vacate this as he was leaving and would give me back the permit while I was there but…
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Are Parking Companies Committing Fraud?
Hi, I'm quite confused by the "double dipping" phenomenon. My car is a victim of it currently, being pursued by UKPA. "Double dipping" seems to have been a recognised problem for over a decade now so presumably all experienced car park operators using ANPR must be aware of it. Section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006 states that if…
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Debt Recovery Plus at Manchester Airport and Parking Firm APCOA
I drove through by mistake the drop off and pick up at Manchester Airport so kept going behind everyone else out through barriers and parked my car in correct car park and paid for staying. I have been in contact with APCOA via email stating that it took me 3 mins to drive through inadvertently, without pick up or drop off…
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Incorrect parking notice
we got through the post this week a parking charge notice, telling us we had not paid in a multi story car park. They have a photo of our car on a road with a front and back view. However we were never in the car park, my husband was on a road - a street away from the entrance to the said car park. He never left the car…
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Defending Euro Car Parks (DCB legal) claim (2 PCNs) – now at hearing stage – advice appreciated
Hi all, looking for some guidance on a small claims parking case. This relates to two PCNs issued by Euro Car Parks at a retail car park used by a gym. Background: Vehicle entered the car park on two separate dates 2 years ago The driver was attending the gym as an invited guest on both occasions. Evidence exists in the…
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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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Claim from DCB Legal
Hello, wondering if anyone can help, I received my claim form for an over stay pcn back in 2022, I have no knowledge of the original fine and moved from the area in 2023. I received a final notice for the charge in September 2025 which I ignored and then a letter of claim November 2025. I responded using the advice on here…
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CCJ Set Aside Question
Hi all, I have a quick question about a set aside, I have been reading for a few days and have put together my Witness Statement, Draft Order and have the N244 ready to go. I have been following a recent thread where the papers were served to an old address and they 'miraculously' found them at their new address once the…
