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Vehicle: GJ69XKY

PCNs:

JK17263522 – alleged contravention on 02/10/2025 (Crampton Street)
JK17298185 – alleged contravention on 07/10/2025 (Crampton Street)

Timeline:

Vehicle was parked on Amelia Street.
02/10/2025 – PCN JK17263522 issued.
07/10/2025 – PCN JK17298185 issued.
11/10/2025 – Vehicle reported stolen to the Metropolitan Police.
21/11/2025 – Representations submitted against JK17263522.
18/12/2025 – Notice of Rejection issued for JK17263522.
No appeal lodged with London Tribunals.
Charge Certificate later issued for JK17298185.
June 2026 – Order for Recovery received for JK17263522 (£175, deadline 21/06/2026).

The key issue is that in April 2026 I obtained a Metropolitan Police report relating to the theft report.

The report contains the following entry:

"TRACE check shows as removed from Amelia Street as a street to street move on 25/09/25."

The report also records that the vehicle was later seen in Crampton Street.

Our position has always been that the vehicle was originally parked on Amelia Street and was not left by us in Crampton Street.

At the time representations were made and at the time the tribunal appeal period expired, we did not have the police report or the TRACE information. We only obtained that report in April 2026, several months after the appeal period had expired.

For context, during this period my husband was working as an NHS doctor and we had a newborn baby at home. While I appreciate that this does not excuse missing deadlines, it does explain why the matter was not pursued as actively as it should have been at the time.

I have now requested from Southwark:

Vehicle relocation records
TRACE records
CEO notes
Relocation logs
Photographs

I am not looking to make any inaccurate witness statement. The Notice of Rejection for JK17263522 was received by email, so I do not believe I can honestly rely on a TE9 ground based on non-receipt.

My questions are:

Is there any procedural route available in respect of JK17263522 now that an Order for Recovery has been issued?
Does the later discovery of the police report and TRACE relocation information change anything procedurally?
Is there any argument that the second PCN (JK17298185) was not properly considered, given that subsequent correspondence referred to both PCNs but Southwark stated that only JK17263522 had been challenged?
Am I now entirely reliant on Southwark exercising discretion, or is there any other route available?

I can upload the Order for Recovery, Notice of Rejection, correspondence and relevant page of the police report if helpful.

Something is dreadfully wrong here procedurally.

Trying to separate the PCNs:

Car parked in Amelia St. on or before 25 Sept.

"TRACE check shows as removed from Amelia Street as a street to street move on 25/09/25."[presumably to Crampton St]

PCN **522
Issued 2 Oct, 1 week after car moved for contravention ?
'11/10/2025 – Vehicle reported stolen to the Metropolitan Police.', 16 days after being initially parked.
'21/11/2025 – Representations submitted against JK17263522.' 50 days after PCN issued!
'18/12/2025 – Notice of Rejection issued for JK17263522.'
'No appeal lodged with London Tribunals'. But if the reps were against the PCN served on the car, then an appeal is not the next step anyway!

June 2026 – Order for Recovery received for JK17263522 (£175, deadline 21/06/2026).

The key issue is that in April 2026 I obtained a Metropolitan Police report relating to the theft report.

I think not!

1. IF a Notice of Rejections against formal reps was issued on 18 Dec.
Then IMO, you have grounds to submit an OfR.
2. IF the Notice of Rejection related to a challenge against the PCN on the car.
Then IMO you have grounds to submit a WS.

OP, what's missing in this thread is the Notice to Owner, the PCN for Amelia Street etc.

What PCN for Amelia?
They cannot move a car unless a PCN has been issued. But so far we have only 2 PCNs, both presumably for Crampton! Unless perhaps the two PCNs were issue in Amelia and the car moved on the second one??

Who knows?

OP, check your V5C pl. Does it have you correct address as at the dates of the contraventions?

There is no procedural route once the debt has been registered, and the circumstances of the case do not match those listed on the Statutory Declaration. The basic fact is you submitted reps, they rejected them, then you did nothing, until the Charge Certificate arrive and jolted you into action, but it was too late. So essentially you can only rely on the goodwill of Southwark.

The above is my opinion, others may differ, or even suggest a route to redemption.

IMO, something is missing from this account

Sight of at least some documents. (Its the way we understand events)

Just to clarify, I have already submitted requests to Southwark for:

* TRACE records
* vehicle relocation records and logs
* CEO notes
* photographs
* records showing the reason for the relocation
* any suspension, roadworks or filming records relating to Amelia Street

Southwark have advised that these requests may take up to a month to process, which unfortunately means I am unlikely to receive the records before the Order for Recovery deadline on June 21st.

The reason I have not yet been able to explain why the vehicle was moved is that I simply do not know. The only evidence currently available to me is the Metropolitan Police report recording that a TRACE check showed the vehicle as having been removed from Amelia Street as a street-to-street move.

Assuming those records do not arrive before the Order for Recovery deadline, what would members do in my position?

Would you pay to avoid enforcement fees and continue pursuing the relocation evidence afterwards, or take a different approach?

I'm working on this from the OP's first post:

'TRACE check shows as removed from Amelia Street as a street to street move on 25/09/25."

Which suggests it was moved by the council or other authorised person.

The car may have been relocated by the council probably because you had been in a suspended bay on Amelia Street. One of the pics for PCN JK17263522 shows a steering wheel lock. If it had a resident's permit they should have relocated it to a permit not a pay bay.

Or maybe Crampton Street was where it was all along...

The amount owing is £175 I would just pay it as if you do nothing the next stage is bailiffs.

The other live PCN is JK17309044 - this is at charge certificate stage, amount £165. Did you do anything about this one?