Approaching your local councillor or council CEO



If you persuade the council to stop the enforcement, it also cancels the bailiff's fees.[1][2]

Contact your local councillor by email, ask them to make a plea to the leader of the council to end the enforcement action and return the case back to town hall administration.

The council also has the authority to write off the arrears.[3]



Template email

Ask your local councillor to make a plea to the leader of the council to cease the enforcement.[4]

If they accept your plea and the council ceases enforcement, they will contact the bailiff.





[1] Regulation 3 of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[2] Regulation 17(1) of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[3] Section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992
[4] Paragraph 6(3)(c) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007