@chopwell20 I will PM you a link to put in the representation, it will redirect to
here but if you give them the link I'll PM you, we can use the click count to confirm whether they've looked at it or not (obviously do not click on that link yourself as we want the click count to remain at zero). If they don't click on it, we can then prove they've failed to consider all of the evidence. If they say in the rejection that they've considered all the evidence, we've got them for lying as well.
Dear Southend-on-Sea Borough Council,
The PCN carries a premium rate telephone number, and I contend that as in Bateman available at LINK this results in the amount demanded exceeding the amount due by law. While I appreciate other payment methods are available, binding authority from the High Court in the case of London Borough of Camden v The Parking Adjudicator & Ors [2011] EWHC 295 (Admin) determined that where one payment method carries a surcharge, the availability of other payment methods is irrelevant and the penalty demanded is excessive.
It follows that the penalty charge must be cancelled.
Yours faithfully,
Send this via the council website and keep a screenshot of the confirmation page.
