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The OP did contact me for assistance. Not receiving either the PCN or the Order for Recovery is most unusual and it is now for the council to consider his Out of Time Application.

The OOT forms were submitted to TEC by email on 1st February and the 'cut of' date for making payment was 9th February. Even allowing for delays at TEC, it should be expected that enforcement would be have been placed 'on hold' by the 9th Feb. Unfortunately, that did not happen and a visit was made today (12th February).

The OP called TEC. They confirmed that they had received the completed forms on 1st February but that they are currently facing a 10 day delay in actually processing applications.

As TEC is part of the Northampton Court system, this is frankly a shocking situation and will cause a significant injustice to any motorist receiving a Notice of Enforcement (or visit etc). 

Just to confirm, if a motorist is forced to make payment, he will receive a full refund if a Out of Time Application is accepted. The local authority would re-issue  the PCN allowing for payment to be made at the earlier discounted rate.

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Ok, thank you, I understand.

I was hoping, and had been told somewhere that there was a four day working time for TEC to review the SD and contact the council to put hold to the enforcement order. This was however incorrect, the processing time by the TEC is 10 days, so would not happen in time to stop the bailiff.

The total of the cost being recovered pre-baliff was £1,100 so not a small amount, thankfully, they only charged one off £235 for the "visit" rather than £235 per PCN.

I contacted Enfield Council by email setting out the details of the case so far, explaining that I had made a Statutory Declaration via the TEC.

I received an automated message from the Council saying that the relevant notice would be put on hold at is current amount until they respond, however, they go on to say that if payment is received before we respond to your correspondence the Council will consider the matter closed.

Does that mean, because I have paid the baliff already, the council will not take this any further and close the case?

I had to pay the bailiff under duress, on the understanding that if I win my case, any money paid would be refunded.

Nothing really transpired during the exchange, I just emailed the parking team at Enfield Council the facts of the case as per what has been discussed here in the way of additional background information for when they recieve anything from the TEC.

The response claims be be an automated response, rather than any dialogue with an actual person at the council. Basically standard working saying that the information would be added to the case notes, and in the meantime the notices will be frozen at the current ammount. It said that this could take up to 56 days.

I was just concerned about the wording around if payment had already been made, as is the case, as I was pressured by the bailiff to make payment on the spot, and the council would close the case.

Would the council not then see this as a final payment of all outstanding money and therefore close the case as completed?

I can log onto the parking website, and the PCN is still active, the option to make a payment has disappeared, and it does say the the council have received additional information in relation to the PCN, so looks like it has not been closed yet.

Hi, I know this is resurrecting an old thread.

Basically, this process didn't work for me, and I'm not sure how it could work at all.

In the end, Enfied Council just sent their side of it to the court and stated that they sent out the PCNs, and that's the end of it. Of course the court took the council's side, I lost and had to pay up.

At the end of the day, the council will always say they sent out the PCNs, and the courts will always take the councils word over mine, so there was no point in going through the entire process.



This has come back to my mind recently as the other week I got flashed by a traffic light camera, and I am waiting for the NIP to arrive. The 14 days are nearly up and I have not received anything, so now I'm worried, what if this happens again and I do not receive anything?

Is there anything I can do in the meantime if I think I have got a ticket but not received a NIP?

Basically, this process didn't work for me, and I'm not sure how it could work at all.

Sorry to say, but it didn't work because it appears you ignored the advice given here. In your case, in August (2023) you were advised after receiving the 2 Notices of Enforcement as follows:

You can check the outstanding penalty amount from anywhere in the world. Once it goes up to £204 you know a Order for Recovery has been issued. At that point you have 21 days to email the statutory declaration to the traffic enforcement centre, so one or two weeks abroad are not an issue as long as you deal with it promptly when you get back.

That the issue progressed to Notices of Enforcement must mean that you did not and, as feared, you did not receive the Orders for Recovery.