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All appeal options are now closed with the service of the Order for Recovery.

The only route available to you to get the process reverted to the PCN stage is to submit a Statutory Declaration to the Traffic Enforcement Centre, (a form of court which has no courtrooms and no judges !) . The OfR is dated 22nd May 2025, and assuming 2 days for delivery, you have 21 days from 27th May to submit a Statutory Declaration, so you are in time to submit this. The OfR should also have contained the form to submit a Statutory Declaration; did it ?

You are fortunate you got this OfR before the 21 days expired, after which it becomes mega-difficult to get the process reverted. You now need to get seriously active and make sure you submit this SD asap. Of course you can always just pay the £205, but if you get back to the PCN, you should be able to pay at the discount, which is a lot less for not all that much effort.  You can download the relevant form from TEC

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-pe3-challenge-an-unpaid-penalty-charge-notice

Don't submit the form until you have contacted us when you're ready.

I have actually just found this page on the process of completing a PE3 form - in this case should I leave the 'reason' as blank and just tick that I didn't receive the PCN?

Street STAVELEY ROAD J/W GREAT CHERTSEY ROAD
Offence Code 53JC
Offence Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian (and cycle) zone

Hello,

I was made aware today that the below Order for Recovery letter had come through in the post - I don't have any other letters from Hounslow (the original PCN, charge certificate) as this has all been sent to my old family address where I no longer live. The current tenant who now resides there had been binning my mail and only kept this one as she had a bailiff arrive at her door (for another PCN I have).

The issue is my family moved house just over a year ago and I failed to update the DVLA / Logbook to their new address. I'm in the army and travel abroad frequently so completely forgot to update my car to the new address as I don't live there. We're not permitted to have mail sent to the camp which is why everything was still registered with my family address - DVLA and V5C has now been updated however I appreciate it's too late, I know this was an oversight on my part.

As for the contravention itself - I thought it was a School road so thought the restriction wouldn't be in place on a Saturday. I didn't read the sign properly when I drove through so didn't realise I had done anything wrong. It's only now that i'm looking at the images and signage that I understand it was restricted at that time / day.

How do I manage this now? Will the council accept a declaration that I did not receive the PCN? And will they accept the reasons above? Any advice appreciated please. I'm not looking to get the PCN cancelled, just reverted to the original sum of £65 so I can pay this off

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