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#Post#: 113892--------------------------------------------------
PCN East Lothian: incorrect payment address listed in NSL respon
se to informal appeal
By: Kinlass Date: March 20, 2026, 4:14 pm
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Hi, I stupidly responded to a PCN issued today before finding
this website. However, having gone through the initial
‘informal’ appeal process using the website listed on the PCN,
the emailed response from NSL on behalf of East Lothian council
has listed the wrong payment details and issuing council. They
have named and listed the payment details for Edinburgh City
Council which uses a different PO Box and different postcode for
postal payments and an incorrect pay-in-person address. A Google
search suggests this constitutes procedural impropriety as it
contains misleading and inaccurate payment information. I would
be very grateful to know if this means East Lothian are unlikely
to win if the case goes to tribunal, despite the payment
information on the PCN itself being correct? TIA.
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Re: PCN East Lothian: incorrect payment address listed in NSL re
sponse to informal appeal
By: stamfordman Date: March 20, 2026, 4:24 pm
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Post all of the PCN and the email.
#Post#: 113912--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN East Lothian: incorrect payment address listed in NSL re
sponse to informal appeal
By: Kinlass Date: March 21, 2026, 3:43 am
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Thanks for your reply stamfordman. Not technically savvy but
have hopefully linked to both.
HTML https://1drv.ms/w/c/409c279eb0f8462e/IQApOEFTswjwSZYvtIIn2BabAShP0qHS-tf68oc2b4bfYKM?e=RVZ9Ds
HTML https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0d5xMPBpAb5BbVS9TU2OvciVQ#IMG%5F1982
#Post#: 113974--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN East Lothian: incorrect payment address listed in NSL re
sponse to informal appeal
By: Daim456 Date: March 21, 2026, 6:20 pm
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Musselbourgh is definitely in East Lothian not part of City of
Edinburgh Council, very strange.
Even I can see on the photos that the PCN windscreen affix is
same colour and style as City of Edinburgh Council but zooming
in which shows East Lothian Council.
We need to see the original PCN (both sides)
#Post#: 113988--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN East Lothian: incorrect payment address listed in NSL re
sponse to informal appeal
By: Kinlass Date: March 22, 2026, 4:50 am
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HTML https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NCro_UemMoutPt7lye5NJhzp0C-6y6y-/view?usp=drivesdk
#Post#: 113990--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN East Lothian: incorrect payment address listed in NSL re
sponse to informal appeal
By: Kinlass Date: March 22, 2026, 5:00 am
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Thanks for your reply Daim456. I have hopefully now linked to
photo of pcn (was struggling before and laptop broken) and
postal envelope which is same as postal address on other side of
pcn itself. It is definitely a clerical error by the NSL
operative who replied to my informal appeal, I imagine because
they represent both councils. What I am wondering is if anyone
else knows of a similar case and/or whether it is sufficient
grounds to constitute procedural impropriety as Google suggests?
#Post#: 113995--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN East Lothian: incorrect payment address listed in NSL re
sponse to informal appeal
By: tincombe Date: March 22, 2026, 7:18 am
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A Google search suggests this constitutes procedural impropriety
IMO, Google is wrong. Procedural impropriety is not statutory
grounds under the RTA. But if you were so minded you could
include this within the scope of 'penalty exceeded
.....circumstances of the case'..which, as you can see, has been
stated incorrectly anyway!
But IMO, there's nowhere to go with these points at this stage,
you need to wait for the NTO. So, are you the registered keeper
with current DVLA details?
Talking of the NTO, IMO let's hope they serve this as soon as
practical after the 14-day discount period has elapsed. This is
because you are in a very rare situation i.e. your initial reps
and their reply occurred so soon after the PCN was served, that
the authority MAY NOT serve a NTO as stated, they have to wait
until 28 days have elapsed: 20 March plus 14 days is 13 days
short of the 28-day period.
..
..
1)Where—
(a)a penalty charge notice has been issued with respect to a
vehicle under section 66 of this Act; and
(b)the period of 28 days for payment of the penalty charge has
expired without that charge being paid,
the ..
authority concerned may serve a notice (“a notice to owner”)
#Post#: 114019--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN East Lothian: incorrect payment address listed in NSL re
sponse to informal appeal
By: Kinlass Date: March 22, 2026, 1:02 pm
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Thanks Tincombe - yes I am the registered keeper with current
DVLA details. I don’t fully understand the significance of when
they serve the NTO - are you saying if it’s served before the
28-day period that that may work in my favour?
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Re: PCN East Lothian: incorrect payment address listed in NSL re
sponse to informal appeal
By: tincombe Date: March 22, 2026, 1:34 pm
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Their reply..
..we will send a NTO ...when the discount period has expired..
Bring it on!
They may not serve a NTO earlier than 16 Apr. by law. Re-offered
discounts be damned.
#Post#: 114287--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN East Lothian: incorrect payment address listed in NSL re
sponse to informal appeal
By: Daim456 Date: March 24, 2026, 4:49 pm
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Your Google photo shareable need to be change to public as it is
restricted access, we cannot see the PCN.
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