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Hi,

PCN:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1Mh6eKKiNt_vfPteAUGp4l4nUG4L2R_3Z

Google Street View:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iFa9AMS43m9kT5SJ6

Pictures:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1QkEFiKjBZ2KkxkMSOO-DoQNQsQRoAmvp

PCN Number: GX32935487
VRN: EN59FCC

Pictures on TfL site, PCN Number & VRN in the link below:
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/view-a-pcn

NOTES:
- No details regarding parking suspension in PCN, either suspension ID or prohibited dates & hours
- ⁠No information to be found on TFL or Hackney council’s website regarding parking suspension
- ⁠PCN issued by CCTV which doesn’t show any details regarding parking suspension⁠, and grounds for appeal due to issuing PCN from CCTV
- ⁠under FOI request video footage and suspension details
- ⁠When was the sign put up there? Check how many days they have to put up the sign legally before suspension begins
- ⁠Similar fine issued to my son by TFL via CCTV in 2018 with PCN GT70807245, where he appealed and his appeal was rejected. He then took the case to London Tribunals and the PCN was cancelled 2 days before the court hearing, due to an ‘administrative error’ with case reference 218008308A. I am in a similar situation here where I believe an incorrect PCN was issued via CCTV without the absence of a traffic parking warden


Please advice and I appreciate any help.
Thank you

It seemed you parked right by a suspension sign - what did it say?

Is it still there?

+1
The suspension sign can be seen in the second of your posted pictures. It is about 3 feet from the rear of your car and is on the pole that the sign for the parking bay is also mounted on. So, to be frank, your case does not seem strong at all. Any reason for ignoring the sign ?

Quote from: stamfordman on February 01, 2026, 10:28:59 pm

It seemed you parked right by a suspension sign - what did it say?

Is it still there?

+1
The suspension sign can be seen in the second of your posted pictures. It is about 3 feet from the rear of your car and is on the pole that the sign for the parking bay is also mounted on. So, to be frank, your case does not seem strong at all. Any reason for ignoring the sign ?

It didn't catch my eye, as it was towards the rear. The sign is not there, we checked on the day we received the Notice. I'm not sure if they put the suspension sign. Normally would they not put TMO details?

TFL can't issue code 21 PCNs because there are no parking places on a red route, so there's nothing to suspend.

A bay on a red route is part of a red route, see Transport for London, R (on the application of) v London Tribunals (Environment and Traffic Adjudicators) [2023] EWHC 2889 (Admin). If it wasn't part of a red route, they wouldn't be able to use CCTV cameras to issue PCNs.

According to TfL's own map
https://tfl.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=99bc8bbbe8c94af291f5a5bfc77a00dd

Cazenove Road is not part of the red route network.

According to Hackney's map
https://hackney.gov.uk/parking-zones

it falls under the L.B.Hackney.

According to TfL's own map
https://tfl.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=99bc8bbbe8c94af291f5a5bfc77a00dd

Cazenove Road is not part of the red route network.

According to Hackney's map
https://hackney.gov.uk/parking-zones

it falls under the L.B.Hackney.

Although Cazenove Road itself isn't in the red route, could TfL not have jurisdiction over the side road orders extension?

https://foi.tfl.gov.uk/FOI-1799-2425/GLA_2016_0234%20-%20Order_Redacted.pdf

11) The car was parked between 2 Stamford Hill and 3 Cazenove Road so it's within jurdisdiction according to this

However, I couldn't find a valid TTRO:
https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/tro/widgets/89917/documents

Quote from: Ozuma on February 06, 2026, 01:11:02 am

TfL can lawfully use CCTV to issue postal PCNs for parking contraventions in those bays (including restrictions like suspensions).

For a parking place to be suspended, there has to be a parking place. There are no parking places on red routes, the whole road is subject to a no stopping restriction and where there is a bay there is an exception to the no stopping rule, that doesn't make it a designated parking place. This is why, for instance, the 10-minute grace period that applies to parking places does not apply to red route, because there are no parking places at all. You will never find a TMO for a red route that says that such an such a place is thereby designated as a parking place.

Doesn't the link you sent earlier state that it is parking bay in para 7, 8, & 21?

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2023/2889.pdf