I live within the congestion charging zone in London. I bought a used car on 28th March and mistakenly forgot to include the car in the TFL app for residents, for a week after I purchased.
I finally added it on 5th April and paid full rates for the preceding three days (2nd to 4th April) as that’s what was allowed.
I am expecting PCNs for the days I drove without paying the congestion charge (28th March to 1st April)/ without exemption. The seller says that he sent the V5C change slip to DVLA only on 4th March (as he didn’t want another owner added if I decided to return the car), and denies receiving any PCNs.
I called up TFL and was told that there were no fines for my car reg “under my name” and that’s all they’d disclose.
What do I do in this situation? I am ready to pay the PCNs but don’t want them to double or enter any other stage of escalation.
Is there any way I can find out PCNs on my car reg number before the change- so I can pay and be done with this mistake?
