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Re: Received a ticket on car but no ticket?!
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: August 18, 2026, 4:25 am
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The contravention is footway parking and it looks bang to
rights.
But the PCN must have been served to enforce this.
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Re: Received a ticket on car but no ticket?!
DIR By: tawnyess
Date: August 18, 2026, 4:46 am
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Please have a read of my draft below and advise:
I am making a formal representation against the above Notice to
Owner and respectfully request that the Penalty Charge Notice
and Notice to Owner be cancelled.
The PCN was not present inside the yellow sleeve
When I returned to my vehicle, I found a yellow PCN sleeve
attached to the windscreen. However, the actual Penalty Charge
Notice was not inside the sleeve.
The sleeve was therefore present, but the document containing
the details of the alleged penalty was missing.
As a result, I did not have the actual PCN available to me and
was unable to properly consider the alleged contravention or
make an informed decision about whether to pay or challenge the
PCN within the original period.
The first substantive notice I received containing the penalty
details was the subsequent Notice to Owner.
Request for clarification regarding service of the PCN
I understand that the Council will have a contemporaneous
electronic record of the PCN issued by the Civil Enforcement
Officer.
I therefore ask the Council to confirm:
The exact time at which the PCN was generated/printed by the
CEO.
The exact method by which the Council records that the PCN was
served.
Whether the CEO's contemporaneous notes specifically record that
the actual PCN was placed inside the yellow sleeve.
Whether the CEO's equipment or system records the time at which
the PCN was printed or issued.
Whether the CEO was equipped with body-worn video at the
relevant time and, if so, whether the footage records the PCN
being placed inside the sleeve.
If relevant body-worn video exists, I request that it be
preserved and made available.
I am not disputing the photographs of the alleged contravention
contained with the Notice to Owner. My representation concerns
specifically the service and availability of the actual PCN,
which was not present inside the yellow sleeve when I returned
to my vehicle.
Loss of the opportunity to deal with the PCN at the discounted
rate
Because the actual PCN was missing from the sleeve, I did not
have the information contained on the PCN or the opportunity
normally provided following service of an on-street PCN to
consider the allegation and either make representations or pay
the penalty at the discounted rate.
I subsequently received the Notice to Owner with an increased
penalty.
I respectfully ask the Council to take these circumstances into
account when considering whether it is appropriate and fair to
pursue the increased penalty.
Request for cancellation
In the circumstances, I respectfully request that the Council
exercise its discretion to cancel the PCN and Notice to Owner.
Alternatively, if the Council is not prepared to cancel the PCN,
I ask that the Council exercise its discretion to restore the
original discounted amount, given that the actual PCN was not
present in the sleeve and I was consequently deprived of the
normal opportunity to deal with the penalty at the discounted
rate.
If this representation is rejected, I request that the Notice of
Rejection specifically address the issue of the missing PCN and
explain what contemporaneous record the Council relies upon to
establish that the actual PCN was placed inside the yellow
sleeve.
I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
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Re: Received a ticket on car but no ticket?!
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: August 18, 2026, 5:39 am
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Keep it short - there is only one thing to say.
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I am making representations that there is a procedural
impropriety by the council.
No PCN was served on the car - the pouch on the windscreen was
empty and contained no PCN.
Therefore the notice to owner cannot stand and must be
cancelled.
I look forward to early confirmation of cancellation.
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