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Re: Bailiffs in touch moving to Court - Reading Council - PCN
contravention bus lane, notice sent to old address
DIR By: Alan
Date: November 21, 2024, 8:27 am
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Hi All,
Just wanting to ask for any advise as its been over a week since
my initial letter to the Council (confirmed receipt Weds 13th
Nov) asking them to stop enforcement under Rule 6 as PCN was
addressed to previous address, but have not received any
response.
Would it be right to contact the Council over the phone to check
the status of this case?
Are they obliged to respond to me?
Thanks,
Alan
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Bailiffs in touch- Reading Council - PCN contravention bus
lane, notice sent to old address
DIR By: Alan
Date: November 29, 2024, 9:31 am
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Hi All,
I previously posted here about a bus lane contravention that
happened in Jan 2024 in Reading. Having observed the footage on
the Council's website, I agree with the contravention and the
£115 fine. However as my V5C was not updated, the PCN letter
went to the previous address where I moved from in Dec 2021. I
completely agree not changing the V5C address was my mistake.
Now, due to the PCN not being responded to the case was
escalated and bailiffs are now involved. I found out by a chance
meeting with the new residents earlier this month and I got the
chance to collect old post. The current fee from the bailiff is
£425 (Initial PCN £115 + £75 + £235)
Based on advise from some of the members here, I responded to
the Council on 10th Nov to stop enforcement as the PCN and
Warrant were directed to the old address under Rule 6. Copy of
my letter to the Council is attached.
Today, I received a letter from the Council to my response that
I've attached asking me to contact the Bailiffs and settle the
debt. They have made no reference to the incorrect Warrant and
my request to settle the initial PCN.
Please advise what the best course of action for me would be?
Thanks,
Alan
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Re: Bailiffs in touch - Reading Council, didn't update V5C -
threads merged
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: November 29, 2024, 11:01 am
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Basically, the debt has not gone away, so if a new warrant is
obtained with your current address, they can again instruct
bailiffs to collect it. I'm afraid there is no "and with one
bound, Jack was free" escape.
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Re: Bailiffs in touch - Reading Council, didn't update V5C -
threads merged
DIR By: Enceladus
Date: November 29, 2024, 12:28 pm
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I assume you supplied your correct and current Registered Keeper
address when you last wrote to the Council. In that case the
Council will almost certainly apply to the Traffic Enforcement
Centre for the warrant to be re-issued (re-sealed) with the
updated address. And then bailiff enforcement will continue.
In your circumstances the usual advice is to pay the bailiff to
prevent them from seizing your car and then submit a Witness
Statement with an Out of Time application to the TEC. As things
stand they can clamp and seize your car if they can find it in a
places accessible to the public.
However the Council will almost certainly object to your OOT
application as you have no valid reason for being late due to
your own failure to update the RK address and the TEC will
refuse your application. If you are refused it would need a
decision review by a district judge at at an upfront non
refundable cost of £303 and there is no certainty of winning. I
agree the system is unfair in some respects, especially
concerning the bailiff charges, but there's nothing you can do
about that.
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