Appeal against a penalty charge notice

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If you get a court order

You鈥檒l have 21 days to pay the penalty charge notice (PCN) or challenge a court order demanding payment (known as an 鈥榦rder of recovery鈥�).

Bailiffs (鈥榚nforcement agents鈥�) will be told to visit your home to collect what you owe if you do not pay or challenge within 21 days.

When you can challenge

You can challenge an order of recovery if you:

  • did not get a 鈥榥otice to owner鈥� telling you how to make a formal challenge
  • made a formal challenge on time but did not get a 鈥榥otice of rejection鈥�
  • appealed to an independent tribunal on time but did not get a response
  • have proof you鈥檝e paid the penalty charge, such as a credit card statement

How to challenge

If you want to challenge an order of recovery, you must fill in and send the correct form.聽

Fill in form TE9 if you have either:

  • a parking PCN
  • broken a traffic rule while moving (a 鈥榤oving traffic contravention鈥�) outside of London if your fine was issued on or after 1 June 2022

Fill in form TE9 Dart Charge, Mersey Gateway, clean air zones if you have a Dart Charge, Mersey Gateway or clean air zones PCN.

You鈥檒l need to fill in a PE3 form if you have one of the following types of PCN:

Before you send the form, you should read the notes to check if you need a witness or have to pay a fee.

Send it to the Traffic Enforcement Centre by email or post within 21 days.

Traffic Enforcement Centre
[email protected]

Traffic Enforcement Centre
Civil National Business Centre
St Katharine鈥檚 House
21-27 St Katharine鈥檚 Street
Northampton
NN1 2LH

You may be able to get more time to challenge an order of recovery.

If your challenge is successful

The order of recovery will be withdrawn and bailiffs will not be able to seize your property.

The council or authority that issued the PCN will then do one of the following: