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I have received a PCN from a borough council and need urgent help please.

I have "contravened" something by driving to the traffic lights from a 20ft road.

The details on their portal says " A PCN issued with code 52j is issued following the contravention Failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicle"

I have passed the "28 day period from the date of this notice on the letter" so urgent help please.

I have added the jpeg, but it says something "The upload folder is full. Please try a smaller file and/or contact an administrator." its only 500kb. I am not techie enough to do the other image thing you mention.

Please advise.

thanks

Are you able to view the below guide video? In the meantime, please pass on the license plate, council name, PCN number, and mention the dates of the receipt of the docs.

OP, you're probably too late to do anything other than pay if this is correct:

I have passed the "28 day period from the date of this notice on the letter" so urgent help please.

Your priority must be to tell us the date of issue of the PCN, you don't need to upload anything, just post. In fact just post the PCN number and your VRM and we can look online at the PCN progress.

If you're outside the 28-day period you could still make representations but these may be disregarded.

Date of PCN notice - 5/7/24
date of detection 1/7/24
wokingham borough council
reg plate kp03nbm

Please advise.

thanks

PCN number?

CW02319156

OP, you're probably too late to do anything other than pay if this is correct:

I have passed the "28 day period from the date of this notice on the letter" so urgent help please.

Your priority must be to tell us the date of issue of the PCN, you don't need to upload anything, just post. In fact just post the PCN number and your VRM and we can look online at the PCN progress.

If you're outside the 28-day period you could still make representations but these may be disregarded.

Please elaborate when you say "probably" - what is everyone elses opinion?

Because any representations made late may be disregarded, however, councils often exercise discretion before they increase the penalty charge by the statutory 50%.

Yours has been increased by 50% already -£70 is now £105- so you should be receiving a charge certificate very soon, possibly today. 'Probably' stems from not knowing the dates of the contravention (which was 1 July) and of issue of the PCN - which we still don't know.

The photos online show clear signs prohibiting all vehicles except buses.

So what are now my options all?

The issue date of the PCN is above, no?

PCN date 5th July, but you haven't explained wny you have never sent in any representations. You can submit them, but the council are under no obligation to accept them, but might do if you have a good reason. At the moment, you're liable for £105. A lot of money for ignoring a PCN, if that's what you have done.

Circumstances, travelling, hence the late dealing with this.

Advice on what to do at this stage please.

thanks

There's no point arguing about the signs at the stage you are at. At the moment, by not submitting reps within the 28 day period, you have lost the legal right to submit. You can submit some now, and admit they are late and say why.If they decline to accept your reps there is not much you can do other than pay the amount demanded in in their letter of refusal to accept the reps.

Sorry, but there's no point in beating about the bush, if you do not submit reps asap, you'll get a Charge Certificate increasing the amount to £105. You cannot submit reps then at all.