Received Notice to Owner without receiving PCN...

[sesty]

After getting back from holiday 2 weeks into January, I opened all my post and to my surprise, I found a Notice to Owner. It stated that I could no longer pay discounted rate, must pay £60, risk court action and all the rest of it.
However, I never received this ticket. I was in posession of my car (as in no one else had driven it) and was in the country at the time. I'm not saying I didn't park where they say I parked, but I really never got a PCN.

Stupidly I paid it. At the time I couldn't be bothered with the hassle of trying to prove I didn't get issued with a PCN.

I have since understood that it is their job to prove that I DID get the ticet (I could be wrong as I have only heard by Word of Mouth)

Now a couple of months on, and I have paid it, is there any way to challenge it or have I messed it all up by accepting that I had got the ticket by paying the fine??


Many thanks,

Sesty

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[sesty]

Can anyone help??

[Filthy Monkey]

Hi Sesty. Was the ticket issued by a private company or by the council?

[sesty]

local council i think

[sesty]

does that mean i messed it up?

[Filthy Monkey]

The RTA states that the ticket must either be attached to the window or handed to the driver, so you would have to go through the standard appeals process and state your case. Not sure what your chances would be, but certainly better than doing nothing and just paying it... I believe you can still appeal after payment, but somebody else would have to advise you of the process.

[deanstockwell]

This web site may be of some help National Parking Adjudication Service for England and Wales


Most local authorities will photograph a vehicle with the ticket attached (in case of dispute). May be worth requesting a copy of any photographic evidence from the authority who issued the 'alleged' ticket.