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Letter of claim
Hi all, i need some advice. I received a penalty charge notice from Smart parking almost 3 years ago in June 23. I moved house in Dec 2023. This week, in April 2026 i received a letter of claim from Dcb Legal demanding i pay £170. This was for parking for 19 mins, at the Cat & Fiddle pub in Macclesfield, while i checked if…
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UKPC Parking Charge Carlisle
Hi all, I recently received 2 UKPC parking charges whilst unloading and loading our car whilst stopping at a hotel in Carlisle. The car park in question is right next to the hoteI and I had assumed was part of the hotel, but was infact owned by the Pub next door, which had closed down. As soon as I was informed not to park…
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Parking court order received after not reading previous PCNs
I wanted advice on this please. So I have received the letter below asking for a ridiculous amount of money. I did not even know about this till recently. I have not seen the previous letters as they were delivered to the incorrect address. I definitely do not want to pay the ridiculous amount they requested which has…
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Parking advice
Hi all, I would be grateful for some advice on a private parking charge I have recently received. I signed up to a new gym and have been parking there while attending. At no point was I told by the gym that I could register my car on their system so that I would not need to obtain a parking permit each time. Because 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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Gladstones Letter Received informing of CCJ Judgement - no court letters received
Hello, I have received a letter from Gladstones stating I have received a CCJ Judgement at the start of the month, also alterted via Clearscore. I moved last year and sold the vehicle, after moving but never up-dated the address. We have mail redirection set up so have been receiving letters directly from Gladstones plus…
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CPM-no parking on access road fine
Hi I have received a letter through the post stating that i had blocked access road. But I was on a road that was a dead end and from the image you can see there is a car parked behind me. I needed help to see what I can say to fight my case as this is not private land and it is a road with yellow lines and the name of the…
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Parking fine fight back
Hi, I'm new to this thread but have been reading a lot of the parking fine forums and heeding the advice. I received a ticket from a well known store in Aldi's and I've followed up to the point where I have now received a LOC, the Popla appeal failed previously as it was closed before 1 day before it was supposed to…
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PCN for double dipping without stopping
Hi all, I hope that you can help me with this issue, as I have wrongly received a PCN, despite not stopping in the car park but I did enter it twice in the same evening, I believe this is known as 'double-dipping'. This issue is causing me lots of undue distress and worry, as I have done nothing wrong; I did not park, stop…
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Another DCB Legal ECP claim - Overstay
Hi Everyone I received a parking fine which I was unaware of as I had moved address and my registered address was a different address. When I changed the address I started to receive debt collectors letter. From the letter the reason I have received parking fine is because they claim I have overstayed in their car park…
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Clamped! Nottingham Express Transit
For the second time recently, I find myself reaching out for advice in this forum :( since my car was recently clamped at the Forest Park and Ride site in Nottingham. Whilst I was under the impression only the police and DVLA could now clamp cars, seems there is a byelaw provision for 'railway land' which means this…
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APCOA Stansted airport
Good morning all, back in May I went to collect my disabled dad and brother from the airport. This was on Friday around 20:00. I had been using the airport for quite a while and was used to paying at the barrier system. By the time I realised that payment had to be made online, it was already Sunday, so I had missed the…
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SMART PARKING, DCB LEGAL court claim 2025
I received a county court claim form for a parking charge almost 5 years ago. I was in the military, so I had my mother's address registered with DVLA. Since leaving the military, I have been in rented accommodation and have been living in my own house for over 2 years before receiving any letters. I had one letter…
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Letter of Claim from DCB Legal
Hi, I have today received a LOC from DCB legal for £170. This is for a parking charge of “overstayed free time” that happened in Nov 2023. It states that payment was due within 28 days of the PC being issued but remains outstanding - I never received the PCN so this is a complete surprise to me. I’m assuming the PCN went…
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Parkingeye Court Defence Help
Hello all, I’ve been through the newbies sticky and followed all the instructions up to there I’m just looking for help with my paragraph 3 for my Parkingeye defence. I couldn’t find any similar cases on here. I received a pcn from parkingeye on the 27/8/2025 for parking at a tenpin location which I did not realise was a…
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Euro Car Parks PCN overstayed of 12 min total
Hi I got a PCN for staying 1h12min in the carpark. I paid for 1 hour stay. I appealed with Euro Car Park on the grounds that I was within 15 min before and after., but tey obvioulsy said they reject my appeal. I wonder now if I should bother with Popla or just wait for the court case to come through... What is your recent…
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MCOL Claim form received
We have received a claim for a 2year old parking charge. We did not receive any initial ticket or reminder, only multiple debt collector invoices. There has been no admission of who was driving or any correspondance from our side. The court documents are in my wifes name (registered keeper) We have done the acnowledgement…
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Help with Defence for Parking Fine - Bay Sentry Solutions / dcb legal please
Hi Last November I made an emergency stop because of a medical condition on what I thought was disused land. In my haste to park and run across the road to a cafe facilities I did not see that I had parked in a No Stopping Zone. I had literally driven into the entrance and spun round facing back out towards the main road.…
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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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PCN from 4 years ago???
Hello, I wanted some info regarding statutes of limitation and if there are grounds for me to appeal this PCN that I was emailed about. Allegedly a parking notice was sent to my address at the time the parking incident happened however I cannot recall if it did or not since it has been 4 years the parking company has now…
