Toll PCN — registered abroad / foreign-plated vehicle service issue
For foreign-plated vehicles, PCN service is materially harder. Dart Charge, Mersey Gateway, Tyne Tunnel and similar schemes face difficulties matching to overseas keepers. Where a foreign-keeper PCN has not been served at the registered foreign address with appropriate notice, or has not used the EU Cross-Border Enforcement Directive 2015/413 procedure (post-Brexit largely lapsed), procedural challenge succeeds.
Legal basis
Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1783); EU Cross-Border Enforcement Directive (EU) 2015/413 (post-Brexit status varies); CPR Part 6 and PD 6B (service out of jurisdiction)
How to identify this in your case
Vehicle was foreign-plated. PCN was sent to a UK address (return-to-sender) or never received at registered foreign address.
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam, Re: PCN [NUMBER] — Vehicle [REG] (registered in [COUNTRY]) I challenge this PCN on the ground of defective service. Vehicle: [REG], registered in [COUNTRY]. Registered keeper address: [FOREIGN ADDRESS]. The PCN appears to have been sent to [a UK address / not received at the registered foreign address]. Under SI 2013/1783, statutory time limits run from valid service on the registered keeper. Cross-border enforcement post-Brexit relies on either (a) the EU Cross-Border Enforcement Directive 2015/413 channels, where applicable, or (b) properly served notice at the registered foreign address. No such valid service has occurred. The procedural ground 'no PCN served' applies. Please cancel. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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