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I think I understood that, I put it in chatGPT to explain co it’s sbit confusing but I think I got it.

I’m using the forum on my phone and it won’t let me upload the photo of the Charge Certificate, so I’ve typed out the full front of the letter below (excluding my name/address).

Front:
**CHARGE CERTIFICATE**

**London Borough of Tower Hamlets**

**Penalty Charge Notice Number:** TT61869299
**Date of Issue of this Notice:** 17/08/2026
**Penalty Charge Amount:** £240\.00
**Amount paid to date:** £0\.00
**Amount now due:** £240\.00

On 21/06/2026 at 21:17:47 vehicle registration number BE11 JJJ was seen in Brick Lane (Hanbury to Quaker) and a Penalty Charge Notice was issued for the following alleged contravention:

**53 – Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone\.**

A Penalty Charge Notice was sent to you on 08/07/2026 explaining that as you are the person we believe to be the owner or hirer of the vehicle you had 28 days to make representations or payment\.

This Charge Certificate has been served since the penalty charge has not been paid within the appropriate period and one of the following applies:

1. No representations were made in response to the Notice to Owner\.
2. We issued a Notice of Rejection of Representations and we have not been informed of an appeal having been made to the Adjudicator\.
3. An appeal was made to the Adjudicator but was either rejected or withdrawn\.
4. We issued a Notice of Rejection of Adjudicator’s Recommendation\.

As the Penalty Charge has not been paid and no representations have been received, the charge has now increased by 50% to £240\.00 and payment of the increased charge is now due\.

Accordingly you should now pay the outstanding amount of £240\.00 before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date of service of this Charge Certificate\.

**The Council no longer has a statutory responsibility to respond to any correspondence received regarding this matter\.**

If you do not pay the increased amount before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date of service of this Charge Certificate, we may register the debt at the County Court\. A warrant may then be issued to a Civil Enforcement Agent to recover payment, at which point you would also become liable for additional charges\.

No I haven’t I’ve been at the same address since birth, I looked into it a few days ago and I think a post on Facebook said that said the same happen to them as in the council are deliberately not sending these letters and just waiting to go straight to this one

It’s from tower hamlets in brick lane (Handbury to Quaker)

It’s 240 pound now from 21 June and I’m only just now hearing about it in August
I went there the other day and I’m worried I’ll get another one