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#Post#: 100447--------------------------------------------------
Euro Car Parks / Debt Recovery Plus – No previous notices
received – Advice needed
DIR By: Roller
Date: December 1, 2025, 2:36 am
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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
#Post#: 100450--------------------------------------------------
Re: Euro Car Parks / Debt Recovery Plus – No previous notices
received – Advice needed
DIR By: paulpaul1308
Date: December 1, 2025, 2:42 am
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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.
#Post#: 100463--------------------------------------------------
Re: Euro Car Parks / Debt Recovery Plus – No previous notices
received – Advice needed
DIR By: Dave65
Date: December 1, 2025, 4:09 am
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As stated have you moved address during this time?
#Post#: 100717--------------------------------------------------
Re: Euro Car Parks / Debt Recovery Plus – No previous notices
received – Advice needed
DIR By: b789
Date: December 2, 2025, 10:08 am
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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.
#Post#: 100791--------------------------------------------------
Re: Euro Car Parks / Debt Recovery Plus – No previous notices
received – Advice needed
DIR By: Roller
Date: December 3, 2025, 1:58 am
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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
#Post#: 100828--------------------------------------------------
Re: Euro Car Parks / Debt Recovery Plus – No previous notices
received – Advice needed
DIR By: b789
Date: December 3, 2025, 6:19 am
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--- Quote from: Roller link ---
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> They went back to the pub who agreed to try to cancel the case
from their end.
>
--- End Quote ---
"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.
#Post#: 100833--------------------------------------------------
Re: Euro Car Parks / Debt Recovery Plus – No previous notices
received – Advice needed
DIR By: Roller
Date: December 3, 2025, 6:25 am
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Thanks – Not yet, but they are gonna go back to discuss that
tomorrow.
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