Council Issued ECN on the street

djk-uk

Hello, been a while since I posted.
must have had a few trouble free years

I have had a council issued Excess charge notice.

I am looking at the ticket and it does not tell me how to appeal it.

looking briefly at MSE help pages it should and that in itself could be a reason to appeal.

are there any super clever people who can help me with this?

Thanks

pogofish

Best take this to the experts at the Pepipoo Forum.

peter_the_piper

ECN, that's not decriminalised parking so its magistrates court I believe if not paid. Please check on pepipoo as suggested above, but don't delay.

HO87

peter_the_piper wrote: »

ECN, that's not decriminalised parking so its magistrates court I believe if not paid. Please check on pepipoo as suggested above, but don't delay.

Correct. That is if its a genuine ECN - Excess Charge Notice. There have been instances in recent years where what appear to be local council ECN's have actually been issued by private parking companies "on their behalf" - notably VCS/Excel at Bawtry but there is at least one other. ECN's pre-date the TMA 2004 and there are far fewer requirements that they need to meet - unlike decriminalised PCN's issued under the terms of the TMA.

There is no standard nor formal appeals process other than to the council (issuers). If the ECN is not paid - ultimately - the council are likely to issue a Magistrates Court summons.

Before you take yourself off to PePiPoo it might be worth identifying where the ECN was issued.