Thread: Council Parking Fine - Bailiff Visit

Hi, I am new to this part of CAG and have received a bailiff letter regarding a pcn that was incurred because my parking permit was out of date in Reading.

I have contested under the grounds that the council had my relevant details in time but initially lost my application for renewal but I did not get the new permit in time after the re-application. The ticket people at Reading council said I had no case and that I would have to pay, I informed them that I would take it further but then heard nothing more regarding this until now.

I received a bailiff letter from Collect Services in Ickenham, saying that they attended the premises to collect the outstanding PCN, and unless paid will enter the premises to collect.

I do not want to let them in and will not be intimidated by swarthy individuals - am I within my rights to deny them access? What rights do I have regarding not paying this as I think it is their fault and I haven't received any details advising me how much this would cost.

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by redseven

Hi, I am new here and have received a bailiff letter regarding a pcn that was incurred because my parking permit was out of date in Reading.

I have contested under the grounds that the council had my relevant details in time but initially lost my application for renewal but I did not get the new permit in time after the re-application. The ticket people at Reading council said I had no case and that I would have to pay, I informed them that I would take it further but then heard nothing more regarding this until now.

I received a bailiff letter from Collect Services in Ickenham, saying that they attended the premises to collect the outstanding PCN, and unless paid will enter the premises to collect.

I do not want to let them in and will not be intimidated by swarthy individuals - am I within my rights to deny them access? What rights do I have regarding not paying this as I think it is their fault and I haven't received any details advising me how much this would cost.

Thanks in advance

You should have received paperwork - a Notice to Owner. If you haven't then you can make a statuatory declaration.

Can you post up all the paperwork you have received - washed of any identity details including the PCN number.

There may be flaws in the paperwork that render it invalid.

Also if you can detail the timeline for all this.

Appreciate the difficulties of moving but I would be getting on with this. The next step is to get bailiffs involved and one of the things they are known to do is clamp your car.