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Reading - Minster Street Bus Lane - leased car, PCN not received yet
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I have been notified by the lease company of a PCN issued about entering the bus lane in Minster Street, date of Notice 08/12/2025. Lease company replied to Council with my details (which are correct).

I haven't received a "new" PCN in the post yet, but I have the details of the original one, which I checked on the council's website and it's still pending. Now the original "bribe" deadline for not challenging the PCN (only paying half of the £70 amount) has expired. But a Charge Certificate was not issued yet (or at least I haven't received yet) despite having been more than 28 days from the original letter (to the lease company).

Unsure of what to do. Chances are the new PCN got lost in the post; I don't think the council is going to cancel it.

- Should I contact the council and ask them to pay the reduced rate?
- What if I want to appeal the PCN?

PCN **as received by lease company**

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Re: Reading - Minster Street Bus Lane - leased car, PCN not received yet
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Lease companies can sometimes be very badly informed of the law regarding postal PCNs.

I suggest you first check with them to make sure they haven't paid it at the discounted rate, because if they have it is game over, because then, the council will not send out a PCN to you. Secondly, if they have merely reported your name and address, ask them when they received advice from the council that their PCN had been cancelled. The council have 28 days to serve the second PCN from date of cancellation of the first one.
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Thank you @Incandescent for the reply. So you're basically suggesting that:

- The lease company might have paid it already - pretty sure it didn't happen, because if I visit the payment link it still shows it pending.
- The council may not yet have cancelled the old PCN, and I should check with the lease company whether they've been advised or not from the council - I'll try to check with them.

In cases like this, if you know, does the old PCN get cancelled and a new one issued with a different number? The original one is definitely still pending. Perhaps it is a sign that the new one has not been issued yet? Although the lease company replied to the council on 12/12/2025 so it has been some time now.
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The first PCN must be cancelled, and only then can the council serve a new PCN to the name and address supplied to them by the lease company. The council have 28 days to serve the second PCN starting with the date of cancellation of the first PCN. Note that there will be an interval between the lease company submitting representations, and the council getting round to cancelling the first PCN. Councils are not fast moving bodies !
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