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Hello,
I received today a charge certificate from Croydon Council for the amount of £195 for failure to pay a 52J fine, which I never received, within 28 days. It was a shock to receive this charge as I never realised I should not have entered into that specific street.
Is there anything I can do ? I am of course willing to pay the original fine of £65.
Any advice would be most welcomed.
Many thanks.

Thank you for your reply. The name and address on the charge certificate are correct.
Unfortunately,I have managed to download a photo of the charge certificate. I have copied it below.

PCN Number:
CR2076094A
Vehicle Registration Number: FG72GNK
Date of Contravention:
18/07/2024
Location of Contravention:
junction Clarendon Rd
Derby Rd
Date of Charge Certificate: 27/08/2024
6337 9301 9820 7609 4000 002
52J - Failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicles
DO NOT IGNORE THIS NOTICE
A Notice to Owner/PCN was sent to you on 24/07/2024 which stated that you had to pay the penalty charge or to make representations as to why you believed you did not have to pay it within 28 days beginning with the date on which the Notice was served on you.
This Charge Certificate has now been served as you have not paid the penalty charge within the appropriate period and one of the following applies:
No representations were made in response to the Notice to Owner/PCN
• We issued a Notice of Rection reRepresentation made against the Notice to Owner/PCN
and we have not been informed of an appeal having been made to the adjudicator We issued a Notice of Rejection of the Adjudicator's Recommendation
• An appeal was made to an adjudicator which was either unsuccessful or withdrawn
As a result, the penalty charge has now increased by a surcharge of 50%:
Penalty Charge:
Charge Certificate Surcharge:
Total Increased Penalty Charge:
Amount Already Paid:
Amount Now Due:
£130
£65
£195
£195
If we do not receive the amount now due before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date of service of this Charge Certificate, we may apply to the county court

I hope you can advise. Many thanks.

Thank you. So,if I understand well, I don’t do anything or pay like the £65.00 now. I just wait for the traffic enforcement centre to contact me and send me a Statutory Declaration form that I didn’t receive the PCN.
Would calling Croydon council to explain the situation be a waste of time I suppose ?

The Order for Recovery is sent by the enforcing authority, not TEC.

Advice if a postal PCN was never received thus indicating a possible mail problem, is, when the CC payment period has expired, to check regularly for the debt registration, and not just wait for the OfR to arrive in the mail. Reason for this is, if it turns up very late, you've lost the opportunity to submit an in-time declaration. So check every week to see if the CC amount has gone up by £10. This is the TEC registration fee, so tells you they have registered the debt. You can download the form from TEC then, fill it in, and submit it.

https://insidecroydon.com/2024/01/22/kerrr-ching-unsuspecting-drivers-hit-with-no-notice-190-fines/

This case reminds me of this story.

There's also this news report in the Evening Standard.

Thank you very much everyone for your very helpful replies. I will follow the advice given and will no doubt be back on this board if things get complicated.