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DCBL debt collection
By: slowandconfused Date: January 16, 2026, 8:11 pm
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apologies in advance for how long winded and badly written this
is
i received a PCN from ParkingEye for allegedly parking for too
long in a hospital patient only parking space, im a member of
staff with a permit, and in this car park the bottom 3 levels
are for patients and top 3 levels are for staff, during this
period work was going on and the most upper level was closed off
and spaces so limited.
on a number of occasions i parked in patients and just extended
the time on the screens in the hospital and other times moved my
car after the 4 hours allowed. on this specific day of the fine
i cannot remember whether i did either of those things.
i received the fine after i was on long term sick leave as my
father was suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer i appealed
the ticket but i wasn’t able to defend myself well or provide
evidence of my permit as i didn’t have access to my work emails
not that that would have helped. they denied my appeal so i
appealed to POPLA at which point i THOUGHT they came back to me
saying ParkingEye cancelled the notice but i think i may have
mixed this up with another fine as i was under a lot of duress
at this time (my dad passed away that week). i’ve since received
a letter from DCBL for £140 debt collection and it blindsided
me! i emailed the hospital parking site to help me but they came
back and said i parked illegally because the cameras did not
catch me going up to the staff levels so i possibly couldn’t
have gone up i don’t even remember if that’s true or not because
i’ve gone up with my husbands car before into staff levels and
never gotten a ticket and ive parked in patients before too and
also not gotten a ticket.
do i just pay up because i did park in the patient level (i
fully thought i was allowed because of this unclear email from
the damn hospital) and the hospital have said they can’t do
anything about it as it’s too late 👍🏽
appreciate any help i’ve read through this forum and i’m sorry
if i’m repeating just not sure where i stand because i don’t
have anything to defend myself at all basically
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