I have lived in Barnet now for quite a few years. To begin with I thought Barnet Council cared, they do not. My daughter who has just passed her test and so is a new driver, received a PCN. She had just finished University and had saved up for a holiday to Thailand with her Uni friends. She was away for 5 weeks. Just after she left, a letter arrived for her. I did not open it as it was addressed to her. 5 weeks later my daughter returned to the UK and opened the letter immediately upon her return and found it to be the PCN. As so much time had passed, she was unable to pay the 50% which is applicable for the first 14 days as she was out of the Country. The minute she got back we appealed the PCN explaining that she was out of the Country and we sent evidence in the form of flight tickets with the dates on etc and her return flight to prove that she was out of the Country. We still have not received a reply to our appeal and going on line now it says £240.00 is still owed. My daughter has just finished being a student and I am a single parent so to have to pay £240.00 is a big stress to both of us. If my daughter had been at home, the 50% penalty would have been paid immediately. My daughter is a new driver and she made a mistake by entering yellow lines. It is pretty upsetting not to have heard back from Barnet Council. We wrote a really polite appeal and apologised for her mistake.
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Barnet London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England.
