Here is the appeal that I sent that was rejected:
To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing to formally appeal against Penalty Charge Notice TT61001743, issued in respect
of vehicle VA17 SJO, for the alleged contravention of ‘being in a bus lane’ on Cambridge
Heath Road on 7/2/26.
I respectfully submit this appeal on the following grounds:
1. DE MINIMIS
Having reviewed the council’s own enforcement video, it is evident that my vehicle was
present within the bus lane for no more than approximately 7–10 metres, and at no point fully
within it. Upon realising I had inadvertently drifted into the bus lane, I moved back into the
traffic lane as promptly as was safely practicable, having first checked for vehicles to my
right.
The intrusion was momentary, minor, and immediately self-corrected. I submit that such a
brief and negligible incursion should properly be regarded as de minimis, and that issuing a
full Penalty Charge Notice in these circumstances is disproportionate and unreasonable.
2. INADEQUATE SIGNAGE / INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF CONTRAVENTION
I further draw the council’s attention to the fact that the enforcement video submitted in
support of this PCN does not clearly show a sign to diagram 959 in a manner sufficient to
establish that the contravention occurred. The standard of proof required to sustain a Penalty
Charge Notice has therefore not been met.
For the above reasons, I respectfully request that this Penalty Charge Notice be cancelled in
full.
