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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: Roller on December 01, 2025, 08:36:30 am
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Thanks – Not yet, but they are gonna go back to discuss that tomorrow.
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They went back to the pub who agreed to try to cancel the case from their end.
"Agreed to try..." Do they have anything in writing from the pub? If not, they are being fobbed off and this will not go away.
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Hi All,
Thank you so much for the replies. My friend has just gotten back to me. The V5C was up-to-date. They went back to the pub who agreed to try to cancel the case from their end. Thank you all again!
Best regards
Roland
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Tell your friend to immediately email the Data Protection Officer at ECP to submit a Data Rectification Notice (DRN) instructing them to update their recored with their current address for service and to erase any other addresses they may hold for them. The highlighted words are there for a reason, so use them.
The next step would be to make a formal complaint to ECP and to get them to provide copies of the original Notice to Keeper (NtK)
Whatever happens, as long as your friends current address is updated with ECP, they will not pay a penny to them if the advice received here is followed. I can guarantee with greater than 99.9% certainty that will be the case, even though this will go all the way to a county court claim which we will assist in defending.
The MO of ECP will be to eventually engage DCB Legal to issue a county court claim. The aim is to intimidate the low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree into paying out of ignorance and fear.
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As stated have you moved address during this time?
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The most common reason for no NTK being received and the first you hear about it is debt collectors is that the vehicles V5C was not updated after a move to reflect the vehicle's new address.
Plan A is always to pop along to Burghfield to see if the pub can cancel the charge. As you say, do not engage either collectors.
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Hi all,
Posting on behalf of a friend regarding a private parking charge from Euro Car Parks at M&B – The Cunning Man (Reading).
Summary of situation:
- Alleged contravention date: 11/08/2025
- Operator: Euro Car Parks
- Debt collector: Debt Recovery Plus (DRP)
- First and only letter received: DRP “Final Reminder” dated 10/11/2025
- Amount claimed: £170
No earlier PCN, reminder or Notice to Keeper letters were ever received.
DRP’s letter states that a “tracing service was utilised”.
My friend parked at the pub and did not realise the venue required entering the vehicle registration for free parking. He admits this error but finds it super unfair that instead of receiving a £30-50 penalty straightaway, he receives a letter months later with £170 claiming they could not reach him.
Important:
My friend has not contacted Euro Car Parks, not contacted DRP, and not contacted the pub. No phone calls or emails have been made. We’ve seen advice saying not to make contact with debt collectors, so the only action taken so far is receiving this DRP letter.
Questions:
- Should they ignore DRP entirely at this stage and only respond if Euro Car Parks issue a Letter Before Claim?
- Is it common for Euro Car Parks to escalate to DRP when the keeper has never received any earlier correspondence?
- Is there anything recommended to do now, or do we simply wait unless genuine pre-court correspondence arrives?
Happy to provide the redacted DRP letter if required.
Thanks for any guidance.
Roland