Hi everyone!
I have already read through a few existing threads on PePiPoo regarding Charge Certificates (CC) without being sent an initial Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) first. As they are a few years old I just wanted to check they are still applicable in this situation. I want to have all my bases covered.
Yesterday I received the CC from Ealing Council (at it yet again), which stated I had been served a PCN for a road offence on 3/6/23 ("Failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicle" aka driving down a road for busses) and as I have not paid the initial £65 fine, it has now gone up to £195.
While I do not dispute the reason for the PCN, what I do dispute is that I ever received the PCN in the first place. Had I done so, I would've paid the fine immediately as I don't like debts/fines like that hanging over my head.
I can't get in touch with the council through any official means about this as their is no email address and phoning just goes around in circles, only to be told to go online. Unofficially, I sent a message through their parking complaints procedure as that was the only means of writing to them. I also Tweeted a question about it on their Twitter profile, but I don't expect either to get anywhere.
From what I have read on this forum is that the best course of action seems to be not paying the fine and waiting for them to move to the next stage, which is the Order of Recovery, where I can then sign something to say I never received the initial PCN.
So I guess my question is, does this still apply now? And how can you prove you never received something you don't have?
Anyway...
Thank you very much in advance and I am grateful for any help.
