Council increased penalty charge without sending first notification

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Hallo MSE pals,

I've received a very irritating PCN for failing to proceed in the direction shown by an arrow on a blue sign in Crystal Palace. I'd say the case is ambiguous at best, but that's not my main gripe.

The offence was committed on 6th June. Today was the first I heard about it when I received a letter informing me of a 50% increase in the penalty charge to £195. As you can appreciate, I'm fuming about this, not least since Lambeth Council seem to be impossible to contact. I absolutely have not received any communication from them before this. Do we reckon I would be able to appeal on ground of the penalty charge exceeding the amount applicable in the case?

Le_Kirk

This advise is frequently posted by regulars: -

Since we concentrate on parking charge notices from unregulated private parking companies, you would be better off taking this over to our friends on Pepipoo.com as they are the experts on council and police issues.

You will need to sign up on Pepipoo with a non-Hotmail email address before reading the FAQs, then posting both sides of your PCN with your query.

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