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I recently began driving into the office after many years in Birmingham and park at this Utilita area car park. Signage as you leave is very awkward as it is a mini round about as you exit the car park. To make this worse I have been driving into the office once a week and doing the same for the last 8 weeks and received my first notice from the first week of September only today!!! This was 69 days ago - what are my options around appealing this? I am fully aware I have made the mistake but the fact the time lapse of the penalty coming through has not helped me to learn from my initial mistake. What are the rules of a PCN being issued from the offence? Is there anything I can appeal on my continuing contravention in error.

I am wondering if this will be an isolated capture of my dumbness (pay up and hope no more come through) or should I call up the Council and fess up to try ease the pain by admitting fault to the multiple offences.

Lease company have asked me to wait 2 weeks for the letter to be posted to me. I logged in using the details they provided me and it is not even allowing me to pay the £35 but instead the full amount of £70. I was hoping to use that to appeal and state the above.

Photograph as exiting car park attached and Google Maps location here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4788899,-1.9171692,3a,75y,220.85h,76.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRoLNUxYvhwcyJoSsIatH-A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Appreciate ANY advice as this is really sound like an expensive mistake which I never managed to rectify quickly.

Ring Brum on Monday and ask what PCNs are outstanding against your reg mark.

Thanks for quick response. They have a payment line which is automated and no idea how to actually speak to someone. Will try call in to actual office and try get directed to someone.

Is the car leased.

We have another recent case here as you've seen.

https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/pcn-bus-lane/msg37647/#msg37647

Yes it is leased and for me that in incredible that the driver would be further penalised for the miscommunication between leasing company and the driver.

Not yet - when it does arrive I will post up for advice.

Did you have any luck trying to find out about outstanding PCNs?

Sadly the PCN has arrived to my home address see here https://imgur.com/gallery/9u2IgIn

Has the PCN your own name & address or did the lease company forward it?

Can only see part of one side of the PCN: Please post all sides of the PCN, redacting only yr name & address.

Please also download and post here a copy of the video.

Also ask the leasing company if the received a letter from (Notice of Acceptance) from, Brum accepting the company's reps and cancelling the original PCN.

Thanks for replies again guys. Yes it has been sent to my address under my name. Well the guy said he couldn’t see anything else for this. Now I’m wondering if he meant the driver and address rather than the VRM. Will call again tommorow and check that.

Full images of PCN and video here:

https://imgur.com/gallery/uo5ClVD

Thanks in advance

Yes mate it’s a massive earner and I read it takes in millions since it was enabled in 2021!

So I called in again to check and I have just one more other violation pending on my VRM from end of October which they just sent to the lease company. This is complete madness as I checked my credit card for the days I parked and definitely did between these dates.

However, If I have got away with 2 penalties I’ll take that. Am I right in my thinking to pay this one (reduced rate £35 till December 13th) and then appeal the next one and say because of the delay in me being an opportunity to learn from mistake I reoffended?

Thanks in advance.