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Penalty charge notice first letter not received
DIR By: phillikeimdying
Date: January 9, 2026, 7:04 am
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Penalty charge notice first letter not received
34 / Male / England
Edit: this is from tower hamlets council btw
I received a valid parking a ticket the other day so went online
to deal with that, and upon logging in it shows other
‘outstanding’ charges. Other than my £80 ‘discounted’ parking
charge, it showed a separate charge for £240 for driving on a
road during restricted hours, dated on 1st November 2025,
however right now is the first that I am learning of this.
This isn’t the first time this has happened to me before either,
but it seems to be the only post that doesn’t reach me are the
initial notices from charges like this - not to say it’s a
conspiracy or intentional, but it’s very convenient that I get
no option to pay the original price or have the opportunity to
appeal… instead my first communication is basically saying ‘you
owe 3x the amount and have no right to appeal anymore, if you
ignore this we take it to court and could increase costs and get
bailiffs round and give you a CCJ’
And they will have no proof of sending the initial letter
either, as they don’t need it, they are covered legally to carry
out these deceitful practices. Surely it should be their job to
confirm that the initial information has reached me, not to
pretend? How does that make me liable for something I know
nothing about?
Sorry for the rant.
So how do I go about getting out of this fraudulent extortion? I
assume my next letters will be threatening with court
procedures, but how do I actually attend court to fight my case?
Is there any point, as legally (but wrongly) I’m sure the judge
would side with them? I just want my fair chance to pay the
original fee that I was never given.
Things like this make me so angry, there is no justice and this
needs changing. If I had ignored it that’s valid but I didn’t.
Thank you
#Post#: 105191--------------------------------------------------
Re: Penalty charge notice first letter not received
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 9, 2026, 7:10 am
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Get your V5C logbook out and check the address. That where the
postal PCN was sent.
What date is the charge certificate issued if said online.
#Post#: 105198--------------------------------------------------
Re: Penalty charge notice first letter not received
DIR By: phillikeimdying
Date: January 9, 2026, 7:57 am
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--- Quote from: stamfordman link ---
>
> Get your V5C logbook out and check the address. That where the
postal PCN was sent.
>
> What date is the charge certificate issued if said online.
>
--- End Quote ---
The date they claim to have posted was a couple of days later.
My address on my V5C will be correct and they claim they would
have sent it there. If it was sent, it never reached me.
Thanks
#Post#: 105199--------------------------------------------------
Re: Penalty charge notice first letter not received
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 9, 2026, 8:06 am
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I'm talking about the charge certificate, which has been raised
at the penalty has increased by 50% to £240. What date was the
charge increased?
If you don't get the CC the chances are the address is wrong on
your logbook.
You cannot get a CCJ by the way, only bailiffs if you don't
settle. The next step after the CC is an order for recovery.
#Post#: 105200--------------------------------------------------
Re: Penalty charge notice first letter not received
DIR By: phillikeimdying
Date: January 9, 2026, 8:12 am
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--- Quote from: stamfordman link ---
>
> I'm talking about the charge certificate, which has been
raised at the penalty has increased by 50% to £240. What date
was the charge increased?
>
> If you don't get the CC the chances are the address is wrong
on your logbook.
>
> You cannot get a CCJ by the way, only bailiffs if you don't
settle. The next step after the CC is an order for recovery.
>
--- End Quote ---
Thank you for your response
I have just checked online and the PCN was issued on 13/11/2025.
The charge certificate was issued on 23/12/2025.
I actually found the charge certificate had been put into my
landlords pigeon hole, however there is no original PCN here.
#Post#: 105203--------------------------------------------------
Re: Penalty charge notice first letter not received
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 9, 2026, 8:15 am
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If no PCN you can make a statutory declaration at order for
recovery stage which gets the process reset.
See:
HTML https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/eat/understanding-enforcement-process/moving-traffic-pcn-enforcement-process
But you must monitor the debt registration with the Traffic
Enforcement Centre as if the OfR goes missing you will miss the
automatic reset.
#Post#: 105207--------------------------------------------------
Re: Penalty charge notice first letter not received
DIR By: phillikeimdying
Date: January 9, 2026, 8:39 am
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--- Quote from: stamfordman link ---
>
> If no PCN you can make a statutory declaration at order for
recovery stage which gets the process reset.
> See:
>
>
HTML https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/eat/understanding-enforcement-process/moving-traffic-pcn-enforcement-process
>
> But you must monitor the debt registration with the Traffic
Enforcement Centre as if the OfR goes missing you will miss the
automatic reset.
>
--- End Quote ---
Thank you that link is very helpful, but there is a lot of
information to digest.
Do I now just wait for and hope the next letter arrives, which
may be ‘The Enforcement Authority may then recover the penalty
through the County Court’
Can I at this point make a statue of declaration? Or must it
have already been to court?
Sorry for my confusion. I just want to pay the original charge
this is ever so frustrating.
#Post#: 105208--------------------------------------------------
Re: Penalty charge notice first letter not received
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 9, 2026, 8:43 am
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More info here.
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/announcements/charge-certificates-london-local-authorities-and-tfl-act-2003-london-local-autho/
#Post#: 129259--------------------------------------------------
Re: Penalty charge notice first letter not received
DIR By: phillikeimdying
Date: September 1, 2026, 7:08 am
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UPDATE:
It took over 6 months for them to register it with the TEC. I
hand wrote my form in front of the correct type of solicitor and
had it stamped for £5 (the correct amount you must pay as
government capped and other places are scamming charging more).
Success when I received ‘It is further ordered
that the charge certificate be cancelled.’
However I am under the impression that they can now reissue the
original PCN. What do I do in this case? Do I just wait? Do I
contact them via email/post?
Thank you I appreciate any help.
#Post#: 129269--------------------------------------------------
Re: Penalty charge notice first letter not received
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: September 1, 2026, 8:34 am
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The ball is now firmly in the council's court, but check every
so often to see what they are doing.
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