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I as the owner and driver of the vehicle, stayed at the shurland hotel for 2 nights in April 2025. On checking in receptionist told me to tap in my vehicle reg on the touch screen for the parking which I did.

I subsequently received a PCN from Civil Enforcement claiming i had parked illegally for the second night.

I responded through their online appeals process on their website, providing proof of my stay at the hotel for both nights. I realise maybe a bad option to use their system as I did not take screen shots of any of the information.  I did receive their offical response by email with letter which i have uploaded here



They claim "the driver failed to obtain a valid permit covering the full duration of their stay."  and made me an offer to settle at a reduced fine of £20.

I made the decision to ignore any further communication from them.   I have since received a CCJ requesting payment of fine, court fees, interest, legal costs etc. for £270.  I have registered to defend on MCOL.

I am a total newbie at this and would greatly appreciate any help completing the online form, i have 122 lines to submit evidence.  I realise i may not have much of a case having not handled the matter in a very professional manner up to this point but want to go through the CCJ process now.

Thank you!

thank you, I've uploaded here


Original PCN     

I was parked at hotel for 2 nights, arriving and registering afternoon of 2/04/2025, I left the carpark at approx 20:00 on 3/04/2025 returned at 22:34 and departed hotel next morning 8:53 4/04/2025.

PCN reminder   

N1SDT   

I submitted the acknowledgment of service and registered for the 28 days response time.

I would also make contact with the hotel and make it clear that this situation is totally unacceptable.

Really, they should act to stop this nonsense.

thanks for advice, I will contact hotel to see if they will instruct CE to cancel PCN.

Yes, my defence was simply going to be that I was a guest of the hotel and registered my car details at reception and hence the PCN should not be valid.  I would like to submit this on MCOL asap as I am running out of time.  I just wondered if there is any other 'standard text' that I can submit as part of evidence?

You’ve got two weeks.
Boilerplate text which isn’t specific to your case can lead to a defence being struck out. You don’t do anyone any favours by padding with extra unnecessary words.

Thanks for your advice, I will keep the details to the point in that case.

I have asked hotel to instruct CE to cancel PCN/claim, will see if leads to any action.

I'll update post with any results if the claim does progress