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hi guys
I got a PCN this morning from  blackwall & silvertown tunnels for £90.

I was in London for a wedding and drove past dartford and went online and paid, I also went on the gov.uk website to check if I have other outstanding PCN, but saw none

HOw do I appeal or go about it ?

Please advice


Many thanks

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drove past dartford and went online and paid,

So who have you made a payment to ? Your PCN is from Transport for London, not the Dartford Bridge/Tunnel.

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I meant to say, I have paid for the datford bridge crossing and got a PCN for blackwell tunnel, which is a surprise. As I did not see any signs and I did check the gov.uk website after my return and did not see any pending payment

Please tell us the details of your journey. On the face of it, it seems you paid for the wrong Thames crossing.

I live in yorkshire and drove to London for a wedding and spent the night. I missed my turning, so had to go over the dartford bridge to get to south London SE28, then proceeded to the venue at n17 6ur.

Then the next day, drove to w21ux and then back to yorkshire

On getting home, I went online to pay the dartford charge and on gov.uk to check if there are any other charges and saw none, until this PCN arrived

Please advice

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You can certainly try for discretion as an out of towner. The Blackwall/Silvertown tunnel tolls are fairly recent but any blanket allowance by TFL has long passed.

The government toll road page hasn't been updated with these tunnels so that's a good point to mention. I think TFL has a duty to liaise with the gov site on this.
The page doesn't include emission zones or the weight restriction for the Rotherhithe tunnel though but does mention London congestion charging. 
But surely it should have the TFL tunnels tolls.

https://www.gov.uk/uk-toll-roads

I see, thats what I thought about initially. As I did not see any signs and I also went to the gov website and did not see anything

I will give it a shot and post a draft soon,

many thanks

The Blackwall Tunnel was always free to use, going back years. The new toll charge only became payable when the new Silvertown Tunnel was completed and opened to traffic on the 7th April 2025. So the Silvertown has been chargeable since inception.

Mention that you weren't aware that charges had been introduced on the previously free Blackwall tunnels. Since you don't live near the crossings you would never have received any of the publicity material concerning the new charges. Terribly sorry, an honest mistake, first offence that could happen to anyone and now that you know you will make sure to pay-up next time. It's worth a go.

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Hello
APPEAL AGAINST PCN XXXXXXXX

I hereby want to use this medium to appeal against the above issued PCN XXXXXXXXX

I live in Yorkshire, and was visiting my family in London for the weekend and drove past the Dartford bridge and avoided central London congestion charges

On getting back home, I went online and paid the Dartford crossing, ( Kindly see attached evidence) and went on the government website www.gov.uk to search if, I had any other outstanding charges and inputted my vehicle reg, but nothing came up

I hereby ask this charge be waived as a one time GESTURE OF GOOD WILL


REASON FOR WAIVER

1. Firstly I am a software developer and currently out of work. As I lost my job and currently searching for a new job

2. I honestly did not see any signs of payment reminders while driving through

3. I have driven past the tunnel a couple of years back and again never saw any signs

4 Going online, see attachments. I realized this charge was only recently introduced  7th April 2025

In light of the above

I hereby request as a gesture of good will and owing to my currently circumstances of being unemployed to kindly waive the charges

As I have a teenage daughter and currently paying child maintenance and struggling


Many thanks

What do you mean by entering your reg on gov.uk?

I would make more of checking - that the tunnel tolls are not included (yet) on the list is a big deal in my view and how would you know that the Blackwall Tunnel is TFL or even what TFL is.