"If you receive a penalty charge notice, it will include clear information on how it can be challenged.

We can consider appeals against Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued by the charging authority for failing to pay a charge at the Dartford River Crossing if you think it has been wrongly issued. Thanks in advance. Below are the only grounds (reasons) on which an adjudicator can instruct the enforcing authority to cancel a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN). No user charge or penalty is payable

We drove through the crossing, having only seen a few red congestion charge "C" symbols, which we assumed to be Advance notice signs of the Central London congestion charge. These PCNs are issued under the Traffic Management Act 2004 – this is slightly different to England. The Department of Transport has said this is "due to the increased use of enforcement management measures introduced through the Dart Charge scheme" as well as an increase in traffic over the crossing.The expenditure for upkeep of the crossing includes managing contractor costs, which stood at £48.6million, impairment to income at £78.8million and 'other expenditure' for £13.1million.The net proceeds for the year were £64million profit, which is £11million higher than £55.8million in 2015-2016.The Dart Charge requires motorists to pay when they cross over the Dartford Crossing, either over the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge or through the east or west tunnel.Drivers can either have balance on their account in advance or pay by midnight the day after the crossing.The payment can be made online, via phone, specific retail outlets or by registered customer accounts.If a payment is not made then a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) is issued.More than 1.3million penalty notices were paid by drivers last year, which is higher than 1.5million the year before and 1.47million in 2015.Following this 370,000 notices were appealed by drivers in 2017, similar to figures for the previous two years.In 2014, 7,399 drivers won their appeals against the penalty notice, which shot up to 42,271 the following year and then to 50,089 the year after.Last year, 62,007 motorists won their claim which equates to approximately one in six drivers who apealled.These figures relate to the number of PCNs that were issued and then cancelled following a representation and do not include those re-issued following a representation.The government received £83.7million from users with Dart Charge accounts and £28million from those who do not have an account during 2016-2017.Drivers also paid £92.3million in enforcement notices, which has increased by £30million from the previous year.The number of Dart Charge account holders and non-holders has only seen an increase of £13million in 2015 and £3million in 2016, whereas those paying PCNs have gone up.According to Dart Charge: "Enforcement income relates to road users who have used the Dartford Crossing but have failed to make a road user charge payment within the required timescale, with a resultant penalty charge notice liability materialising. The appeals process took 6 weeks from submission to result, ... to refund the £804.00 i paid under duress as I won my appeal and the tickets have now been settled directly with Dart Charge. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. These PCNs are issued under the Traffic Management Act 2004. These PCNs will be sent through the post to the registered keeper of the vehicle.We can consider appeals against Penalty Notices (PNs) issued by a council in England (outside London) for littering from vehicles if you think it has been wrongly issued. box junctions) Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued by councils in Wales if you think it has been wrongly issued.


A PCN for failing to pay this charge will be sent through the post to the registered keeper of the vehicle.We can consider appeals against parking Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued by councils in Wales if you think it has been wrongly issued. If your vehicle has been towed away and you think this should not have happened you can also appeal.We can consider appeals against bus-lane Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued by councils in England (outside London) if you think it has been wrongly issued. Later we were sent a PCN, which I fumed over but paid, rather than risk the increase to £70 if i delayed. If i've missed any info, please let me know and I will try and provide it.
You can view the process for appealing each one and the grounds of appeal on which an adjudicator can cancel a PCN.We can consider appeals against parking Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued by councils in England (outside London) if you think it has been wrongly issued.

More than 60,000 drivers won their claims last yearSign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsMotorists use the Dartford Crossing regularly either for their commute or to travel over the river Thames.More than 50 million vehicles pass over the QEII Bridge or through the tunnels each year and this number is expected to rise with the increasing population.When users forget to pay their Dart Charge they can receive an unwelcome fine in the post, but it might be good news to hear that one in six drivers are winning their appeals.The Dart Charge scheme was introduced in November 2014 to provide ease of travel over the crossing and allow drivers to pay smoothly.Users are able to pay for their crossing before or after their travels, via online, over the phone or in specific shops, however, if they forget they receive a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN).The hefty fine of £70 is issued to motorists if they don't pay the charge, which is halved if paid within two weeks but increased to £105 if it isn't paid, including the crossing charge.Drivers can appeal their PCN claim, and an Essex Live investigation found the number of drivers who win is optimistic.The introduction of the Dart Charge scheme is expected to deliver approximately £1.6billion over 25 years.The total revenue recognised for the end of the financial year in 2017 amounted to £204.7million, which is £36.2million higher than the previous year.