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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Blackwall tunnel charge - no pcn yet, advice needed
« on: February 01, 2026, 02:37:49 am »
Hi,
Last evening(31st Jan 8pm and 9:30pm) I drove back and forth through the Blackwall tunnel. I am not from London so didn't have a prior TFL auto pay account set up. When I got home past midnight and logged onto try and pay, I was perplexed by the terms.
Is my understanding correct that because I had not registered for autopay on the day of the travel(or in advance of the travel), I now need to pay the full charge rather than the discounted off-peak charge?
This sounds rather inane and unfair to not even give users 24 hours. I literally got home, put my infant to bed after giving them a meal and then got online to pay.
I haven't paid yet, and decided to seek advice. I don't have a PCN yet and I don't intend to let it get to that stage.

Fwiw, I have tried to check how much I owe on their website - https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/ but it keeps returning an error saying "Sorry, there's a problem", so I am guessing it doesn't work as designed.

Appreciate any guidance or suggestions.

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Private parking tickets / paymyparking - any point appealing the rejection of my appeal?
« on: October 21, 2024, 09:21:11 pm »
Hi folks, I was sent a ticket for parking offence. I don't really recall the incident but they have shared camera images timestamped of me entering and exiting 9mins apart. The parking lot is Stephenson House, Bletchley, MK2 2AS.

I don't really recall the area or why i went there but i suspect it might have been an incident when i heard some noise coming from my tyre and decided to stop at a safe place and investigate. It was a minor plastic stuck to my tyre which i removed and drove off. It is possible that I was at this location and I just missed it being a paid parking lot(sounds surprising even to me but I suppose it is plausible considering I am a newbie driver here in the UK).

So I appealed it, offering to pay whatever the parking cost was rather than the fine explaining that I was just trying to make a safe stop.
They have come back and rejected it saying it was my responsibility to check and pay the dues. Which is a fair point and I appealed as a long shot anyways. Their response does include a further option to appeal with Popla. I have no experience with them and no idea if there is any chance of them entertaining my stupidity.
What do you guys think? Should I just pay the piper and move on?

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