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Harrow Council PCN: Stopped where prohibited(on a red route or
clearway) Rayners Lane
DIR By: tester1769
Date: March 26, 2026, 11:36 am
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I would appreciate some advice regarding a Red Route PCN issued
by Harrow Council.
Details are as follows:
• Alleged contravention date: 26/01/2026
• PCN issue date: 25/03/2026
• PCN received: 26/03/2026
• The PCN was served by post (no ticket was placed on the
vehicle).
This means the notice was issued around 58 days after the
alleged contravention. From what I understand, postal PCNs for
Red Route contraventions should normally be served within 28
days unless there has been a delay in obtaining keeper details
from the DVLA.
For context:
• The vehicle is leased and the lease started in 2024
• I am not the registered keeper — the leasing company is
• My address and details have remained the same since the start
of the lease
• I am not certain who was driving the vehicle on the date of
the alleged contravention.
• Since then, I have been dropped off on the same Red Route
location multiple times (approximately 25–30 occasions), which
makes it feel unusual that a PCN has only now been issued.
I would be grateful for views on whether late service could be a
strong ground of appeal in this case, and whether anyone has had
similar experiences with TfL.
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Re: Harrow Council PCN: Stopped where prohibited(on a red route
or clearway) Rayners Lane
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: March 26, 2026, 6:38 pm
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Postal PCNs are sent to the registered keeper who has
responsibility for paying or appealing them. For lease and hire
cars, the lease company can submit representations stating they
are a lease company, and provide the lessee name and address on
the date of the contravention. The council then cancel the first
PCN and serve a second PCN to the name and address supplied.
What this means in practice is with the timescales allowed in
the process, a period of 58 days is not all that long. The
council have 28 days to send out PCN 1, the lease company have
28 days to respond, the council then have 28 days to send out a
second PCN.
So essentially, you have no case for claiming late service of
the PCN.
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