Pcn

[andreaarty]

Hello, I wander if you can help?

 

I arrived back from holiday to find a bill from the council for £75 along with a letter informing me that I had incurred a penalty charge for parking too long in a parking space. I was not driving the car at the time and the person driving said they hadn't received a ticket. I wrote to the council explaining that i wasn't the driver and had not received anything. They wrote back with 'tough pay up! Your the owner and we say you have a ticket'. I wrote back saying I would be prepared to pay the initial £25 as this was the first I had heard of it and I considered cashing the cheque as closer on the matter. I received another letter saying 'no pay up!'

 

I was in the middle of getting back to them when I realised they had cashed the cheque but what's more, I didn't have any money in the bank so the cheque bounced. I wrote to them explaining that they had in fact cashed the cheque even though I had had a reply from them to say they would not accept the payment and now I have charges from my bank. There reply has been, 'well all right then we will just charge you £50!'

 

This is crazy, they have no photographic evidence of the ticket being on my car and despite my attempts to explain that I hadn't received anything they still haven't accepted my offer of £25.

 

Does anyone have any idea what I should do now?

 

Thanks!

[green_and_mean]

There is no such thing as a £75 PCN I suggest you post up a copy of the letter from the Council as it may be some form of ECN.

[andreaarty]

Yes it's a council ticket I recognised the name and the number. (Have paid a few in my time!) THE REASON IT'S £75 is because the fine went from £25 and eventually £75 :-|

[the_freedom_trail]

Yes it's a council ticket I recognised the name and the number. (Have paid a few in my time!) THE REASON IT'S £75 is because the fine went from £25 and eventually £75 :-|

 

What is the name of the council?

[andreaarty]

Hereford Council

[andreaarty]

I have called herefordshire council and it's without doubt the council.

[green_and_mean]

If thats the case the PCN has reached charge certificate stage and you should have appealed to the Adjudication service prior to receiving it. You should have looked for advice earlier as it has got much harder to sort now. Maybe if you scan all the letters and give us a time line of what happened with the correct dates we may find something to help.

[lamma]

we need to know all the relevant dates. A Statutory Declaration may be used to reset the process back to a prior stage. At the worst it should reduce the amount !

[andreaarty]

Hi

 

I am not very good on the computer but will have a go at sending them [ATTACH]8217[/ATTACH]

 

Let me know if you have received ok

Edited May 25, 2009 by car2403
Removing attachment with personal details visible

[enamae]

Sorry can't advise but someone who can will no doubt be along soon.

 

While you're waiting for advice you need to delete your personal details from the letter.

 

 

enamae

[car2403]

Attachment removed, as it contained personal details.

 

Please rescan, remove personal details, then post again.