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Rochdale Borough Council - Notice To Owner
DIR By: azy2k9
Date: November 23, 2025, 10:07 am
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Hey all, apologies if this is not the right place for this (just
let me know and I will repost this elsewhere)
Key Dates
Date of alleged contravention: 10/10/2025
Date of Notice to keeper: 13/11/2025
Amount: £70 as the 14 days 50% discount elapsed
Date I must repond by: 11/12/2025 (28 days from Notice to
keeper)
I have received a (Notice to keeper
HTML https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pZ1yaHD7A8E6NvlIB0V1nJKAjS-uwu9h/view?usp=sharing)<br
/>for my vehicle from Rochdale borough council. I think there
must
have been a yellow PCN sticker placed on my windshield as the
Notice to Owner refers to one being given by a civil enforcement
officer.
Thing is, I was not the driver the day this PCN was received and
was completely unaware of this! My car was taken to a garage for
repairs a few days before I recieved this PCN and I positive
this must have been placed on the car a mechanic had finished
working on it and the car was awaiting collection. The mechanic
parks completed cars on the main road outside the garage once
they are finished being worked on, this on School Lane. So this
PCN was due to the mechanic parking on presumably a double
yellow line.
What are my options here? I dont have any reciept or proof of
the car being town to the garage, I only have some reciepts for
car parts from 9/10/2025 (the day before the contravention)
which the mechanic sent me for some of the car parts being
fitted to the car. The mechanic has said simply appeal it and
say the car was towed to the garage and they will cancel it but
that seemed more like him trying to get me of his back about
this situation.
Any help would be appreciated.
#Post#: 99433--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rochdale Borough Council - Notice To Owner
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: November 23, 2025, 12:23 pm
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Are you aware of the law that makes the keeper of the vehicle
responsible for appealing or paying a PCN. There is no way you
can transfer this responsibility to the garage, I'm afraid.
Also, have you read what the original PCN was served for ? It
was for parking more than 50cm away from the kerb, so nothing to
do with yellow lines at all.
Please reveal PCN Number and car reg so we can go and look at
the council's evidence, or you can do it yourself, and post it
here. Normally photos are taken, even though it is not a legal
requirement.
Surely you need to talk to the driver of the vehicle to find out
why the car ended up at a garage. Without info on this it will
be very difficult for us to give advice.
#Post#: 99499--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rochdale Borough Council - Notice To Owner
DIR By: azy2k9
Date: November 24, 2025, 5:16 am
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Hi, apologies i'm not well versed with PCNs etc.
Vehicle Reg: AF14SSS
PCN Number: RE12445731
According to this link
HTML https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/parking-roads-transport/parking-fines/2,<br
/>appeals can only be made in writing and they don't show you
any
evidence as such. Its frustrating because I never received the
original yellow packet PCN on the windscreen I can't really see
what actually happened.
This is my car, I don't know who the driver was at the time that
this PCN happened because it was being worked on by the garage
the night before, I assume someone there parked it in a stupid
place the day the PCN was issues but I have no way to know the
exact driver, I've spoken to the garage and they just keep
telling me to appeal and say the car was towed to the garage and
it will be cancelled but thats it.
So I guess that's my last option? Appeal to the council with as
much information as possible showing that the car was being
worked on during the time that PCN was issued and pray for the
best? Not sure it helps but this is the garage on street view
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