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Hi,

How is this for a first draft on the TE7 form? I received no previous letters about the PCN until the one attached from the bailiff, despite having a Royal Mail Redirection Notice in place for almost the entire duration of the process. Please excuse my woeful handwriting on the letter. Are the way I've formatted the dates ok?


I did not receive any of Birmingham Council's direct correspondence about a Penalty Charge Notice issued for non payment of the Clean Air Zone charge. On the date of the alleged contravention (20/12/2024) my car's V5C had not yet been updated from my previous address - address here. I had a Royal Mail Redirection notice in place (ending 07/06/2025), yet received no letters about the PCN at my current address until a Notice of Enforcement arrived on 23/06/2025 (dated 17/06/2025) from the debt collection agency Company here with a sum outstanding of £265. As the respondent, I am politely requesting that the enforcement proceedings are paused and for the original Penalty Charge Notice to be reissued.

The deadline is tomorrow and I only received the letter yesterday, so any timely advice/criticism would be a huge help. After sending the form should I speak to the Debt agency in the meantime, or call the council for a temporary pause before the Traffic Enforcement Agency deal with the case?

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Don't forget you also need to send a TE9 as well. Sorry if you already know this.

Filled that out too, but the reminder to send it certainly doesn't hurt, I could easily see myself only sending one form or the other. Thank you

our TE7 draft seems OK to me, although you seem curiously coy about the V5 update. There is always a delay in DVLA processing these things, but did you send off the update promptly on moving house ?

Thanks for the reply, good to know.

I'm afraid not. The redirection notice was in place before the date of the alleged offence though, up until the date mentioned in the draft. Would a less than prompt updating of the V5C matter in this case?  I should have received any correspondence regardless of that right?

Bailiffs have sent out a further notice prior to enforcement even though I informed them about the out of time application before their previous deadline. Letter arrived today having been sent on the 30th, giving me zero chance to reply to their new notice. Don't you just love the postal system of late? I really would rather they didn't come while my young children are at home, and money is tight enough as it right now. At this point is it advised to stall with the bailiffs until the out of time application is actioned by the TEC, or do I make a settlement to pay in instalments and hope my appeal is accepted and the money refunded?

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Pay them. This has NO effect upon TEC's deliberations and if they revoke the OfR then you get a FULL refund anyway.

Where's the Notice of Enforcement (it's hiding under the covering letter in your first post)?

attached now

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Bailiffs have sent out a further notice prior to enforcement even though I informed them about the out of time application before their previous deadline. Letter arrived today having been sent on the 30th, giving me zero chance to reply to their new notice. Don't you just love the postal system of late? I really would rather they didn't come while my young children are at home, and money is tight enough as it right now. At this point is it advised to stall with the bailiffs until the out of time application is actioned by the TEC, or do I make a settlement to pay in instalments and hope my appeal is accepted and the money refunded?

If your submission is accepted by TEC, the original PCN remains extant, so any refund would be the surcharge for the Charge Certificate, and the £10 TEC registration fee, plus the bailiff charges. So you would still have to deal with the PCN, (pay or appeal it).

With respect, no. The refund would be the full amount because your grounds are that you did not receive the PCN/NTO.

The council could issue a new PCN, but they cannot hold on to your money in the meantime.

OK, my misunderstanding. Of course the OP will still have to deal with the PCN

It sounds as if your notice from TEC has gone astray in the post. I believe TEC would have notified Birmingham electronically, who would then have called off the bailiffs.
You could always ring TEC to confirm.

You could also check the status of your PCN on Birmingham's website if they have the facility or by ringing them.

You sent the TE forms in on what date?

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