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Any help would be appreciated.

I parked and paid using Ringo but in error I paid for another vehicle. Completely different registration.
I cant find the PCN but I have posted the informal Notice of Rejection





Is there some sort of mitigation for paying but for the wrong vehicle?

The terminology used in the NOR  does not look quite right. Is this worth going to the adjudicator on?
Its not called a Notice of Rejection (although I appreciate it is an informal NOR)
The NOR states:

I refer to your challenge about the above Penalty Charge Notice (PCN), which has now been
considered in accordance with the Traffic Management Act 2004. The PCN was issued as the
vehicle was parked in a resident shared use parking place without a valid virtual permit and
without clearly displaying a valid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket or without
payment of the parking charge.
In your letter you state you had paid to park using RingGo app and the app had a different
registration number stored and you have paid for the wrong vehicle..
I have noted your comments and whilst this may have been a genuine error, it does not warrant
cancellation of the PCN.
It remains the driver’s responsibility to ensure the correct details are provided when using the
RingGo payment service.
I must therefore still request payment of £65.00 before the end of the period of 14 days
beginning with the date of service of this letter. If payment is not received within this time the
full amount of £130.00 will be due.
If you are the owner or registered keeper of the vehicle and still wish to appeal against the
PCN, you may do so by completing a Notice to Owner (NTO), which will be sent to you in
approximately 28 days.
The Notice to Owner will state:
- How a formal representation (appeal) against the PCN may be made
- The grounds on which a representation may be made
- The sum outstanding
I must advise you that if you make a representation and we reject it then you will be liable for
the full charge of £130.00.

Thank you in advance for your help.

We need the PCN and VRM details.

@nim please read the guidance here: https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/read-this-first-before-posting-your-case!-this-section-is-for-council-tfl-dartme/

Once you've read that in full, please re-post the paperwork leaving the PCN number and number plate visible.

The title of your topic says "Newham". The rejection letter you posted up says Tower Hamlets.
So is Newham a mistake or is there another PCN?

I have fixed the thread title to avoid confusion.

As is often the case, you've sort of shot yourself in the foot with the representations you've made. The CEO's photos do not show any restrictions, so on this evidence alone the PCN could not have been enforced:











Unfortunately by bringing up the issue of payment in your representation you've basically admitted it's a pay by phone bay, it would have been better to say nothing at all.

Anyway, we are where we are. Please give us a link to the exact location on Google street view, so that we can check the traffic order.

The traffic order is The Tower Hamlets (Parking Places) (Map Based) Order 2019 and the map tile is AJ13.

The PCN's state after 4 weeks is usually irrelevant, it's the PCN at the time of service that counts. We see all manner of things happens to PCNs: a PCN could have been left it in direct sunlight, it could have been chewed by the dog, set on fire, it is not required to be indestructible. If you could show that even under controlled lighting, humidity and temperature conditions the PCN will self-destruct that might be different, but simply saying the PCN has faded after a few weeks is not, on its own, grounds for anything at all.

That being said, if you carry on to the notice to owner stage then although the NTO will demand the full penalty, the discount will be reoffered again as long as you challenge the NTO within 14 days of the date of issue.