Redbridge PCN

Dear Sirs.

A bit of a long shot here. I received this on a Sunday in Redbridge when I parked in a suspended bay. 




No work is evident since the beginning of the suspension it's been 2 days.

I am disabled and my badge was clearly displayed.

Thanks

Hashim

There look to be suspension signs ahead and behind your car - did you not check parking signs?

I can't read the small print on the suspension - is it actually a bay suspension? You have a code 21 PCN.

The small print is on the second attachment.

'6 bays outside 35 to 45 junction of York rd/York Mews'.

Yes, I should have read the notice properly but being a Sunday and no work had commenced i thought it was OK. Oh boy how I was wrong...

Thanks
Hashim

Suspension for "emergency gas works" yet no work commenced since the suspension started over two days ago. Some emergency !!

So do we have a case...

Just drove past today and no "Emergency works" has started even today..

Hashim

You will only have a case at the end of the suspension period, if no works are undertaken. Sorry, but that's the way it is, I'm afraid.

Thanks for that...


Let's see.

Hashim

So drove past last night and no works had taken place and the notice on the lamppost has disappeared.
There are still some yellow markings on the floor.






https://ibb.co/0V99k6nG

What should I do please...

Thanks

Hashim

I suggest you start preparing your representations today, and assuming no work is done tomorrow, Friday, submit them. Point out that no work has been done whatever, and the reason stated on the sign was "emergency works", which you consider mendacious as whatever the work to be done was, it was clearly not an emergency. So as the purpose of the suspension did not take place, no offence has been committed. And you therefore request that the PCN be cancelled.

Shoukd I include the pictures that show the markings.

Shoukd I include the pictures that show the markings.

If you want to, yes. They indicate that work was intended,  but not actually carried out.

Received a rejection notice today.



Whats next please..

Thanks

Received a rejection notice today.

https://ibb.co/Lzd5kVKH

Whats next please..

Thanks

It's the usual Fob-Off letter we see so often that totally ignores anything you have said. However, it is now up to you whether to fight the matter or not.  ALthough they say if they serve a Notice to Owner, it will be for the full £160, it is highly likely they will re-offer the discount if you submit a formal representation.

Appeals have been won at London Tribunals on the basis that with no work undertaken the suspension was an abuse of process, so the PCN is void. If you decide to appeal to the adjudicators,  this means you'd definitely have to forego the discount if you take them to London Tribunals. If you win, you pay nothing, and if you lose, the full penalty, but no other charges or costs. It all hinges on your attitude to risk. Maybe the words of the Earl of Montrose will help: -

He either fears his fate too much
Or his deserts are small
Who fears to put it to the touch
To win, or lose it all!