Swindon Borough Council PCN reassignment to overseas driver – anyone had the same experience?
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for advice from anyone who has dealt with Swindon Borough Council PCNs, particularly where a traffic PCN was issued to a rental vehicle and the actual driver was living outside the UK.
I recently received two PCNs relating to the same traffic offence while using a rental car in the UK. The rental company initially received the PCNs and then charged me administration fees for both of them.
I contacted Swindon Borough Council regarding the PCNs. They advised me by email that if the PCN is reassigned to the actual driver and the driver has an address outside the UK, the PCN would be cancelled because the driver is not resident in the UK / does not have a UK address.
Has anyone here experienced this before?
Specifically:
- Did Swindon Borough Council actually cancel the PCN after it was reassigned to a driver with an overseas address?
- Did the council require any particular evidence or documentation from you?
- If you were using a rental car, did the rental company still charge you an administration fee even though the PCN was subsequently cancelled?
- Has anyone successfully challenged a duplicate administration fee where two PCNs related to the same underlying traffic offence?
I’m particularly interested in hearing from anyone who has had a PCN reassigned from a rental company to an overseas driver with no UK address, and what the final outcome was.
Thanks in advance for sharing your experience.
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