Did Not Receive PCN

cathy57

Hello,
I received a charge certificat today for the amount of £195. Needless to say, it gave me a shock as I never received the original PCN.
It worries me as I drive a lot all day for work and certainly don’t want this to happen again.
Any advice would be welcome. Thank you.

KeithP

What's a 'charge certificat'? Anything to do with parking?
Who has sent it to you?

cathy57

KeithP said:

What's a 'charge certificat'? Anything to do with parking?
Who has sent it to you?

I got fined from Croydon council for “failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicles”, I did not of course realised that I wasn’t allowed to enter into that specific road. 

The problem is that I never received the fine which you should pay within 28 days or 14 days at 50% discount.
As I did not pay the charge because I never received the fine, after 28 days, the council sends a letter called “a charge certificate”, which is a surcharge for not paying the fine within 28 days. In my case £130+£65 = £195

KeithP

cathy57 said:

KeithP said:

What's a 'charge certificat'? Anything to do with parking?
Who has sent it to you?

I got fined from Croydon council for “failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicles”, I did not of course realised that I wasn’t allowed to enter into that specific road. 

The problem is that I never received the fine which you should pay within 28 days or 14 days at 50% discount.
As I did not pay the charge because I never received the fine, after 28 days, the council sends a letter called “a charge certificate”, which is a surcharge for not paying the fine within 28 days. In my case £130+£65 = £195

Ah, so nothing to do with parking.
Is the registered keeper's address up to date in the vehicle's Registration Document(V5c)?

cathy57

KeithP said:

cathy57 said:

KeithP said:

What's a 'charge certificat'? Anything to do with parking?
Who has sent it to you?

I got fined from Croydon council for “failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicles”, I did not of course realised that I wasn’t allowed to enter into that specific road. 

The problem is that I never received the fine which you should pay within 28 days or 14 days at 50% discount.
As I did not pay the charge because I never received the fine, after 28 days, the council sends a letter called “a charge certificate”, which is a surcharge for not paying the fine within 28 days. In my case £130+£65 = £195

Ah, so nothing to do with parking.
Is the registered keeper's address up to date in the vehicle's Registration Document(V5c)?

Yes, my address is up to date in V5 document.

Fruitcake

Since we specialise in parking charge notices from unregulated private parking companies on this forum, you would be better taking this over to our friends on FTLA as they are the council and police motoring experts.

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