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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: tania12 on March 03, 2026, 03:36:48 pm
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They are saying it must be a medical emergency to be a few minutes late in paying...
They have a duty to act fairly and this is just silly.
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Time is allowed to pay for parking, or else nobody could ever park legally. You now have a choice, (1) pay the discount, or (2) wait for the Notice to Owner and submit reps against that. These reps will be broadly the same as your initial challenge, but updated to answer what they said in their rejection letter. Redbridge normally re-offer the discount at this stage, even though they don't have to. However, with councils so greedy for money nowadays, the only place you'll get an unbiased judgement is at London Tribunals with the full PCN penalty in play. If you win you pay nothing, if you lose you pay the full PCN penalty but there are no additional costs.
Is the car yours, and is the V56C Registration Certificate up-to-date addresswise ?
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Google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_BNKeUZECI_5zNXJCNfPj8JL0XjQSIS0
PCN: AF12410828
Reg: GL62LUW
27/12/2025
Background
Parked on Ilford lane, got out to sort parking (with child), felt unwell and walked into the shop to sit down get better reception as net wasn’t good either so I could promptly “pay” for the 1 hour which is FREE.
Came back to car and see a ticket, I began entering details on the parking app at 1:03 and the ticket was issued at 1pm, with photos taken at 12:59:40 seconds
I appealed explaining my condition, 15 weeks pregnant and on medication, feeling sick, went to shop thought WiFi would be better and easier quicker to sort the free 1 hour, highlighted only few minutes after parking.
Appeal rejected 15/01/2026 with evidence from ringo / pay app when I started the parking
Attached full letter in drive link
In between I sent a written letter sharing medical details but advised not to and wait for NTO
NTO received 18/02/2026
Any advice on how to tackle this moving forward, find it really upsetting that they can issue and don’t reverse after the information provided