Initial challenges for Penalty Charge Notices must be made in writing, by one of the following methods and all challenges should be made within 14 days of the penalty charge notice being issued - this will then ensure that the discounted payment is held for another 14 days should your challenge be rejected.

 

 

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If your challenge is successful, we will cancel the Penalty Charge Notice, and we will write to you to advise you of this. The service will follow the Write-off & Cancellation Policy.

 

If your challenge is rejected, we will allow you 14 days from the date of our reply to pay the discounted payment (either £35 or £25 depending on the contravention - if the PCN was issued prior to 31 March 2008, the discount payment is £30).

 

 

If no payment is received

 

If no payment is received after 28 days (and also allowing up to 5 days for payments to be applied due to any postal delays), we will send the registered keeper of the vehicle a Notice to Owner (NtO) which provides a final chance to pay the Penalty Charge Notice. This NtO however, does allow a formal representation to be made against the issue of the Penalty Charge Notice.

 

You may at this stage make a formal representation to the council but the discounted payment is no longer available.

 

 

If your formal representation against the Penalty Charge Notice is accepted the Penalty Charge Notice will be cancelled, and we will write to you to advise you of this.

 

If your representation is rejected, we will advise you in writing of the rejection and you will be required to pay the full charge amount (either £50 or £70 depending on the contravention - if issued prior to 31 March 2008, the full amount is £60). We will also send a form that allows you to appeal to an independent Tribunal where a solicitor will examine your case. No charge is made for this. The decision by the adjudicator is final and binding on both sides.

 

 

Normally, 28 days (plus 2 days to allow for posting 1st Class) after we have sent you the Notice to Owner (which will have a payment deadline date printed upon it), we will issue a Charge Certificate. The Penalty Charge Notice will have increased by 50% at this stage. You have no right of appeal at this stage.

 

If the Penalty Charge Notice remains unpaid, the charge will be registered as a debt at the Traffic Enforcement Centre. Certified bailiffs will then be in receipt of a warrant for recovery, and additional charges due to the bailiff will be incurred, which can be significantly higher than the original Penalty Charge Notice amount.