A Final EntryNumerous calls & emails following the advices of the kind people on this site, I am pleased to confirm that today's conversation with staff at Debt Recovery at Manchester City Council has finally resolved the issue.
The original PCN was apparently sent to the
original owner of our old vehicle WT19 FFJ, who referred the matter to trader Motorpoint from whom we bought the old car several years ago, they gave Manchester City Council our old address. This information continued to be used until Newlyn decided to check the V5C.
However we had obtained & sent a copy of the V5C from the Ford dealers who we had traded it in to last month, confirming the DVLA had held our new address since Dec 2022 when we moved.
There were obvious failings somewhere within the vehicle registration system, - I'm not quite sure what had gone wrong between the original buyer trading it into Motor point & our purchase of it, but now it's sorted & as we no longer own the car I don't care! However this explains the long delay between issuing PCN etc. It looks like some items went to the old owner of the vehicle who then sent it on to the Motorpoint dealership, who then sent it back with (the wrong) address.
Anyway - Newlyn bailiffs/debt recovery has now been cancelled, & as we never disputed the offence, we have paid the £30 original Bus Lane fine (see below), all debt recovery has been withdrawn, and the matter has been closed. (We have had all confirmation from all parties in writing).
Thanks once again to all parties for advices. Much appreciated.