Hello Kind People,
Today I received 4 Bailiff letters (Marston Recovery, dated 20/7/24) about unpaid "Penalty Charges". These "Notice of Enforcement" letters all came in the same envelope, but refer to offences that took place on different dates:
- 18/2/23
- 29/5/23
- 30/5/23
- 11/6/23
Each letter is requesting £273, for a total of £1093. Quite a shock.
Upon doing some research I have found out that they are old Bristol CAZ infringements. It seems Bristol Council and myself were unaware of these infringements (until today) as my car is in a grey zone - OK for nearly all CAZ zones but not Bristol's more strict one.
I have included pictures of the 4 Bailiff letters as well as the Bristol online PCN info that I tracked down from the "Reference or account number (if appropriate):" on the bailiff letters:
https://imgur.com/a/R4R62maI am the kind of person who is cooperative with the system when I can be, but this has completely flummoxed me. The Bailiff letters list so little information, they don't even mention Bristol CAZ.
I have been at the same address for 6 years and have received no previous letters about these fines. It took quite a lot of time trying to get to the bottom of it today.
Any help greatly appreciated, we are just an ordinary family and I'm really not sure how we would pay for this at the moment.