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The exemptions have nothing to do with payment, it's the usual list of delivering or collecting postal packets, loading, police, ambulance, maintenance vehicles, vehicles displaying time-limited dispensations, armed forces vehicles etc. etc.

See 32.....the driver of a vehicle....shall immediately pay the parking charge as set out in Schedule 6.'

Schedule 6.....in every case 'Up to 1 hour.....FREE'.

As for 19...!

I think my 2 weeks to pay at 50% is up today, if you could advise whether its worth waiting for an NTO that'd be great - my understanding from your last message is that I have a good chance to win the appeal at a Tribunal (as we know Redbridge will reject any representations regardless).

Thank you HCA. I'm going to wait for the NTO. Thanks again for your advice - I'll post up the NTO once we receive it.

Regards.

My initial thoughts.

I parked my car in the Parking Space at *** and departed at approx. ***, an elapsed period of approx. *** minutes. The Parking Charge required for parking for this period is £0.00. For the administrative purposes of the council, I advised RingGo of my presence but mistakenly entered an incorrect VRM i.e. ***** instead of *****. 

The PCN gives grounds predicated upon the following description: Parked without payment of the parking charge.

This demand cannot stand because whatever VRM was entered the Parking Charge due for an elapsed period of **** is nil, therefore I complied with the council's published requirements, there was no contravention of a Traffic Order and the PCN must be cancelled.

NB. I have capitalised Parking Space and Parking Charge as these are the precise terms used in the relevant order.

Yours..

So my first draft is as follows:

On Wednesday 28th May 2025, I had a GP appointment at the surgery on Mortlake Road and so parked my vehicle in a Parking Space on St Lukes Avenue. My usual vehicle, a grey VW with VRM [redacted] was at a garage for repair so on this day I drove our other family vehicle, a grey VW with VRM ******* to the appointment.
For the administrative purposes for the council, I advised RingGo of my presence using the app on my phone and when I saw the text “Volkswagen (Grey)” on the app, I mistakenly selected the VRM for the car that was in for repairs. Please see the attachments for the parking session that I had initiated.
I arrived at the Parking Space at 12:33PM and left following my appointment at 13:15PM. I was at the Parking Space for approximately 42 minutes. I have dash cam footage that evidences my length of stay which I offered to you as part of my initial challenge.
The PCN gives grounds predicated upon the following code and description:
“11b Parked without payment of the parking charge”.
Aside from the fact that the Parking Space was not a Business Bay – which the contravention code used by the CEO indicates, the demand cannot stand as whatever VRM was entered, the Parking Charge due for an elapsed period of X minutes is nil, therefore I complied with the Council’s published requirements and there was no contravention of the Traffic Management Order, therefore this PCN must be cancelled.

Do I need to do things like quote the TMO or is that for when I go to the Adjudicators (which is likely, knowing Redbridge)

My dashcam is showing the wrong times, it is out by 30mins - so it shows an arrival time of 1303 and a departure or 1345 - not sure how this happened but it stills shows that the car was at the Parking Space for less than an hour.

Do I need to reference any sections of their TMO?

Thank you. My wife has submitted her reps.

Good.