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Hi,

I would need some advice regarding 4 fines received from Wandsworth Council of which I became aware only recently. Unfortunately, I did not change the address on the logbook during my last move, and in November my car was impounded for a fine and a series of notices sent to the old address of which I was unaware. Just under a month ago, my car was clamped for another unpaid fine dating back to last July and sent to the old address. So I went to my old house and retrieved another 4 fines, 3 of which accompanied by the enforcement agency's letter warning me to pay the fine within 21 days from the date of receipt of the letters, otherwise my case would be referred to Northampton County Court. The 21 days from the date of notification had already passed, and now I don't know who to contact to understand what to do. Only one of the enforcement agency's letters arrived at the wrong address despite my correction on the logbook. Furthermore, the car is worth no more than £1300 while the fines together could now exceed the value of the car itself. Could you suggest what to do?

@EleC you really must read the guidance here and show us all the paperwork, without this we really cannot help.

OP, I am confused by your use of terms, hence why we need to see docs.

Enforcement authority - the council. Their last procedural notice is an Order for Recovery which is sent after the matter has been referred to the Traffic Enforcement Centre(TEC) in Northampton. In every case an OfR would have been preceded by a Charge Certificate.

Enforcement Agent - commonly referred to a 'bailiffs', act upon the instructions of the authority to enforce a warrant of control which would have been obtained by the authority after the OfR had expired. An agent is subject to strict regulations - see here https://bailiffadviceonline.co.uk/bailiff-regulations/taking-control-of-goods-fees-regulations-2014.

In every case the fees levied by bailiffs are capable of dwarfing an authority's you need to deal with all notices. IMO, for any PCN which has not reached the Enforcement Fee I recommend paying because this caps your financial liability and has no effect on any OOT application.

I have read the rules, but I still have some doubts. As I explained in my first post, for 3 out of the 4 PCNs I have already received a letter from the enforcement agency. Should I create a thread for each PCN?

I would keep all the PCNs on this thread unless there is some specific reason to split them out, as they all seem to relate to a common issue.

thank you for your answer.If I share my documents, does that mean everyone can see them in the forum?

Yes, though you could share a google drive folder and only grant access to long-standing members, but normally we just advise to share the documents publicly. As long as you redact your postal address, none of the documents should have any sensitive information.