Congestion Zone penalties received, 10 months after the fact!

Dutch1980

Hi there! Yesterday I received 4 fines for driving through congestion charge zones in London (3 fines on one day in Januari '22 and one in februari '22, 2x ULEZ and 2x the 'normal' congestion zone) totalling 400 euros when paid within 14 days. I am willing to pay this, if this was all. Problem is, since januari I came to the UK for business multiple time, so I am a bit worried that a lot more will come. I found out that a PCN should be issued within 28 days after the offense. But I don't know if that also applies to a foreigner like me, living in The Netherlands. Im a law abiding citizen and of course willing to pay if I have done something wrong. But getting a fine should work like a feedback loop; however 10 months after the fact did not give me a chance to improve my "behavior". Any ideas what could be done about this and does anyone know if the 28 day limit applies to me as a Dutchie? Thanks in advance! Mart

Grizebeck

No your quite safe living abroad
Was it via euro collection services

Le_Kirk

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.

Private

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=60

Council

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30

Police

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=5

nigelbb

Assuming these PCNs refer to a Dutch registered vehicle & were sent to your address in the Netherlands then they are not enforceable outside the UK. This forum majors on private parking so I suggest you read  through the thread that started on this other forum http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=147497

Is your car in fact exempt from the ULEZ charge? Exempt foreign vehicles need to be registered with TfL. If this is the case I have seen people who have contact TfL directly & got their vehicles registered retrospectively & PCNs cancelled.

Dutch1980

@Grizebeck it was sent out by "Euro parking collection plc". I am not so much afraid that they will come in front of my door to collect the outstanding amount. But it would be nice to be able to travel to your beautiful country in the future, without UK police or customs impounding my vehicle or something similar, when I come back  

Dutch1980

Le_Kirk. Ah, i didnt know that. Thanks, I will look at that forum as well..

Dutch1980

@nigelbb I am afraid its not exempt from the ULEZ. Its a Volvo V60 AWD D6 Hybrid from 2013. I think its Euro 5, and I learned by now that I will need to have Euro 6 to be exempt? I hope I am wrong of course.

nigelbb

Dutch1980 said:

@nigelbb I am afraid its not exempt from the ULEZ. Its a Volvo V60 AWD D6 Hybrid from 2013. I think its Euro 5, and I learned by now that I will need to have Euro 6 to be exempt? I hope I am wrong of course.

I think that you still need to register it even if you need to pay the charge as otherwise they will send you a PCN charging you as though you were the filthiest most polluting lorry. You can set up an account so that you automatically get charged the £12.50 when you use the zone. If you are only visiting occasionally then paying the correct fee shouldn't be too bad.

Grizebeck

Dutch1980 said:

@Grizebeck it was sent out by "Euro parking collection plc". I am not so much afraid that they will come in front of my door to collect the outstanding amount. But it would be nice to be able to travel to your beautiful country in the future, without UK police or customs impounding my vehicle or something similar, when I come back  

Oh dont worry that wont happen