£1918 PCN Court Claim for not renewing a free parking permit

[des8]

I would not be expecting a response, not yet anyway as they are probably discussing it with their client.

there's a long way to go before it reaches a court hearing, and they may well discontinue later on in the process.

[talentedbird]

Hi, completely missed your response as I didn't see it went onto page 2.

Things have progressed. I have been set a Directions questionnaire which I am filling out. Today, however they have responded completely ignoring the tenancy agreement I have sent and now have said "Please note, in order for us to review your circumstances fully, we would need further evidence that you have a valid permit for the dates of the Parking Charges." which doesn't make any sense to me as I have never claimed that.

They have also proposed a settlement of £1200, which I don't know if I should be happy about or not.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[des8]

Recently DCBL seem prepared to negotiate a lower figure to settle out of court.
I think they have been losing cases and now are ready to accept almost anything rather than lose wholesale.
If you are prepared to settle for a lower amount you could send a counter offer (marked without prejudice)

I imagine the letter is their standard template, which never really addresses the questions