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Code 27 - Redbridge (driveway)
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Brother has received a rejection in relation to a PCN appeal for parking on a driveway in which he had permission to do so. Don’t have a picture of original PCN but was the yellow ticket on the car. I assume would be same format as PCN I had received (please see link to thread: https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/code-27-pcn-redbridge-driveway/ )

Rejection letter
https://postimg.cc/gallery/B478d4W

I don’t have wording for original appeal but the main point was that he had permission to park there.

Background - We have permission from our neighbour to park here and I have now got a signed letter from him confirming this which I will include in appeal to ETA. Someone has obviously complained but it is not their driveway so they have no right.
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 If you haven't got the PCN, then please post the full text of the alleged contravention. You should submit a photo-copy of the neighbour's letter; never, ever, trust councils.
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The letter is outright misleading tosh!
Wait for the advice of others who can examine your thread in more detail. I consider yr brother has grounds to appeal to LT, so do not miss deadline to register appeal (rejection dated 18th August)
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OP, where is the occupier's written authority pl?

Register an appeal. Let's not waste too much time on this IMO.

The NOR is about as bad as they get with multiple procedural improprieties.

Just register:
Contravention did not occur;
Procedural impropriety.
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What accompanies this letter to prove that the writer has the authority they claim e.g. council tax bill, utility bill (in the same name) etc?
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What accompanies this letter to prove that the writer has the authority they claim e.g. council tax bill, utility bill (in the same name) etc?

Feel like I shouldn’t have to submit this? Council can verify his name against their records.

Could have been written by anybody who knows thr name of the neighbour.

Needs to be accompanied by soemthing only that neighbour would possess in order to prove it was written by the neighbour  (eg council tax bill)
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Have got an appeal date for 12th April 2027 - Thinking I should have done postal to get it out the way sooner!

Is it worth asking for it to be changed to a paper determination or is that not worth it?
Last Edit: September 09, 2026, 10:34:21 am by Fightback
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If heard on the papers then the adjudicator could only go on written evidence, snd IMO yours is deficient unless there's something which proves to the required standard that the author of the permission has the legal status required to grant the exemption.
I have not read any tribunal decisions on this point so don't know what an adjudicator would need. The words of the Act are:

3)The second exception is where the vehicle is parked outside residential premises by or with the consent (but not consent given for reward) of the occupier of the premises.

This exception does not apply in the case of a shared driveway.


No mention of consent in writing, even less written consent in advance. But you knowing and acting upon such permission is one thing, convincing an arbiter is another. This is an appeal and absent the occupier presenting oral evidence you're left with what's written. What supplementary questions might the adjudicator have in their head which you might not have anticipated in your written submissions?

On the whole we favour personal hearings.
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Have got an appeal date for 12th April 2027 - Thinking I should have done postal to get it out the way sooner!

Is it worth asking for it to be changed to a paper determination or is that not worth it?
Never, EVER, opt for a papers-based adjudication because most lose.  Whilst your reps may seem perfect to you, the adjudicator may find something isn't clear and will ask you to clarify, but can't do that if you're not there.

All the attended adjudications now are phone or video