I am now in a position to send in my appeal with the following text:
On 17/9/24 from 16:59 to 17:03 I parked in the location shown by the attached photos, outside Grillos O/S 485-493 Bromley Road BR1, where the parking sign indicated that parking was allowed for 1 hour from 10am to 7pm. Over a week later, on 26/9/24, I received a PCN saying that I had ‘stopped where prohibited on a red route’. I immediately went down to the location and took a photo of the sign – attached with date and time – showing that parking was allowed from 10am to 7pm. I appealed against the PCN and then received a rejection of the appeal on 28/10/24 with an undated photo showing that parking was only allowed from 7am to 4pm. I have also taken another photo – attached with date and time - showing that the permitted hours are still from 10am to 7pm. I am therefore appealing against the PCN as, in my opinion, a contravention did not occur according to the sign in place.
I wondered whether to include that I submitted a FOI request which came back as 'unable to answer' as I did not link it to a PCN which I didn't want to do to alert TFL as to my intentions. I also have not included the detail about a previous appeal having been successful in 2023 as there was no sign in place - do I need to point them in the direction of a wrong sign having been erected at that point? I wanted to keep my appeal clear and simple and not make it seem that I had researched things. Any thoughts, please? In addition, I am unsure whether to go for a personal hearing or not?
