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PCN – wrong reg entered on PayByPhone – informal rep rejected –
worth fighting?
DIR By: keepsim
Date: May 11, 2026, 8:49 am
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Got a PCN at a council-run car park. I did pay via PayByPhone on
the day but accidentally entered my usual car's reg instead of
the one I was driving (had to borrow husband's due to emergency
breakdown overnight — have AA report as evidence).
Submitted informal rep explaining the honest mistake, included
the AA report and payment confirmation. Council rejected it —
agreed I paid, but said it's the motorist's responsibility to
enter the correct reg.
Discount is £25 (14-day window). Full charge is £50. Feels wrong
to pay when money clearly left my account for that car park on
that date.
Is this genuinely defensible at formal rep / adjudicator stage?
Or am I wasting time and risking the £50?
Tamworth Council
#Post#: 118333--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN – wrong reg entered on PayByPhone – informal rep
rejected – worth fighting?
DIR By: jfollows
Date: May 11, 2026, 8:51 am
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Please read
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/read-this-first-before-posting-your-case!-this-section-is-for-council-tfl-dartme/
I will ask the moderators to move this to the correct section of
the forum.
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Re: PCN – wrong reg entered on PayByPhone – informal rep
rejected – worth fighting?
DIR By: keepsim
Date: May 11, 2026, 2:38 pm
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thanks - has it been done ?
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Re: PCN – wrong reg entered on PayByPhone – informal rep
rejected – worth fighting?
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: May 11, 2026, 3:02 pm
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Yes.
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