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Will check with the gym management this weekend and also check what signs are up. Yes will be cancelling memberships if not resolved.
The driver rejoined after a couple of years and previously there was no requirement to enter their VRM. Was genuinely unaware and missed any signs that may have been present.

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I decided to pay the reduced charge. My original intention was to get the charge reduced to the initial amount as I did not receive the first letter.

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I can't find anything on the LBBD site that shows the date it was increased to £204.00

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I haven't had any further correspondence and yes online it is still showing as £195. I've been checking quite regularly

Should I do anything else or just wait?

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I've received a letter today from London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
The charge is still showing as £195 on the website.



Do I just continue to wait or should I call them?
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Hi all,

I originally posted this on Pepipoo forum and the FTLA forum was recommended to me as Pepipoo may go offline.

I received a Charge Certificate on 04/11/23 from Barking & Dagenham local authority for £195.
Alleged contravention: 53j Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone (Camera Enforcement)

They mention that they sent a PCN on 28/9/23 but I did not receive this.
I'm assuming this would have been for a reduced charge if paid within 2 weeks?

I read a couple of previous posts and understand that I may need to wait now until I receive the next correspondence related to debt recovery? is this the case? Do I just do nothing now until I receive the next letter?

I really appreciate any advice on how to proceed

Thank you! 

Images:

Charge certificate page 1 of 2 
 

Charge certificate page 2 of 2 
 

Image of road entrance from council evidence:

 



Google maps street view has not been updated yet and it appears that the pedestrian only school zones came into force earlier this year according to the councils website (section 7. Spurling road)<br>
https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-02/10285%20-%20School%20Streets%20NOM.pdf <br>




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Response received on Pepipoo forum so far:

You understand correctly, but whatever you do, don't now do nothing. Reason for this is that you never received the PCN, but received the CC. This indicates a possible mail problem, so you now need to be proactive.
At the end of the period allowed for payment of the CC, you need to phone TEC every week or so, quoting the PCN number, to find out if the debt has been registered. Once it has, you can submit your statutory declaration to TEC, (this might be a Witness Statement depending on what t he PCN was issued for). TEC will accept your submission, and t then cancel off the CC and OfR, and advise the council and yourself.

The council will send out an Order for Recovery once they have registered the debt, (this adds £9 to the CC amount). You can probably also look on the council website to see how much is owing on the PCN. Once it gets to £204, (£195 + £9), you know they have registered the debt. Problem with just waiting around for the OfR is that there is only a limited time to respond to it, and if it's late, you may not be able to submit an in-time declaration. Once things go out-of-time, it gets very difficult to revert the matter to PCN stage.

This post has been edited by Incandescent: Sat, 4 Nov 2023 - 11:50