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clarification on "ignoring" PCN from council
By: Plywood-Enthusiast Date: January 4, 2026, 8:56 am
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I know this is an absolutely stupid thing to do.
On a delivery driver forum someone who delivers in a car got a
PCN for using the loading bay.
Some shmuck is advising them to ignore the ticket and tell them
to "take me to court". I know this is somtimes the approachj
with private parking. With council there is no court process. If
you dont take it to tribunal and win then the ticket stays and
there is just a formality of Order for Recovery at the county
court. You dont actually get a chance to have your say. it's
just a bit of paperwork and order for recovery is granted and
then you have bailiffs at your door.
Am I right? or is the actuality somewhere in the middle?
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Re: clarification on "ignoring" PCN from council
By: stamfordman Date: January 4, 2026, 9:38 am
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If you ignore a public authority PCN in England and Wales they
can indeed issue an order for recovery authorised by a special
court, the Traffic Enforcement Centre. If you then ignore that,
the authority can get a warrant of control which allows them to
instruct bailiffs to recover the debt.
The upside is that this is the end of it - no CCJ. So some
people do chance it say if they've moved and can't be traced or
gone abroad, and have disposed of the car and have no other car
as vehicles are usually what the bailiffs go for.
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Re: clarification on "ignoring" PCN from council
By: DWMB2 Date: January 4, 2026, 9:56 am
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[quote] Some shmuck is advising them to ignore the ticket and
tell them to "take me to court". I know this is somtimes the
approachj with private parking. [/quote]
I realise you're not asking about this, but as it's the Flame
Pit I'll let myself go slightly off topic... Whilst you can do
this with private parking cases, I'd almost always advise
against it.
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