Hello,
As post suggests, DCBL have sent a Notice of Debt Recovery letter for £170. Date of contravention is 11/02/2022, almost 3 years ago.
https://imgur.com/a/0GCl9Px (Notice)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/jeU5Nbhy1Ma8Ce8h9?g_st=ac (Car park street view)
(I can get a picture of current signage if it will help)
A couple of points which may or may not be relevant:
- I was not made aware of this contravention until yesterday, 17/12/24, when this notice arrived.
- I no longer own this vehicle.
- I moved address twice since the date of the alleged contravention.
- At the time, I was on sick leave from work (from roughly mid-December '21 to end of February '22). With Post Concussion Syndrome, and so was definitely not driving . While there is another who had driven that vehicle on some occasions, it is obviously too long ago to remember anything.
The letter states that I have lost my right to appeal. It would be impossible to prove the lack of any earlier notice of this alleged contravention (which, from what I've read, would invalidate it altogether), so, am I forced to engage DCBL, even if just to argue the above points?
Many thanks in advance for any time and advice given.
