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The £195 is the amount for a Charge Certificate, (PCN penalty - £130, plus CC surcharge 50% - £65 = £195). The PCN is for a moving traffic contravention, so the PCN would have been sent by post to the address on the V5C for the vehicle. So are you absolutely sure the V5C address is correct, because it seems you have also missed receiving the Charge Certificate, the second statutory document in the process ? Is the address on the V5C now the same as it was on the contravention date of 7th March ? I suggest you check the V5C carefully.

Her option now, with a Charge Certificate apparently served, (although not received), is to wait until the council register the debt at the Traffic Enforcement Centre. When they do this, they will send her an Order for Recovery, and add £10 to the CC amount. The £10 is the TEC registration fee. You can therefore check when they have done this by going onto their website to see when the amount increases by £10. Of course, she should receive the paper OfR by post, but her mail does seem to be going astray. Are you absolutely sure she hasn't changed address since the contravention date ? It might be worth checking with the council what address they are using.

When the debt is registered, she can submit a Statutory Declaration that she submitted representations, but did not receive a notice of rejection. The matter will then be reverted to the "reps" stage, and the council must ask the adjudicator at London Tribunals what they must now do. So don't cough-up yet.

Fine, but did she get the address the council are using to send out the statutory documents ? Two have gone astray now. It could be an error of the council when transcribing the address provided by the DVLA, to use in their enforcement process.

Quote from: Pcnninjagirl on April 25, 2025, 11:06:25 pm

She challenged it. I’ll get her to call them and Monday and find out the address they’re sending it to.

Quote from: Incandescent on April 25, 2025, 07:29:58 pm

Fine, but did she get the address the council are using to send out the statutory documents ? Two have gone astray now. It could be an error of the council when transcribing the address provided by the DVLA, to use in their enforcement process.

Don't forget to keep an eye on the debt amount. As soon as it gets to £205, it means the debt is registered at TEC and a Statutory Declaration can be submitted. Or you can ring TEC at intervals of 10-14 days. In-time SDs are accepted automatically, but if you get out-of-time, the enforcing authority can object, and you don't want that to happen.