Here you go:
Dear London Borough of Hackney,
I am challenging the PCN on the grounds that I was engaged in the exempt activity of loading and unloading in a residential bay.
I am a delivery driver for ***** and I deliver regularly within the London area. These range from street-based retail outlets to corporate clients with penthouse offices and security arrangements. On the day in question, I was parked in Calvert Avenue delivering food boxes to a customer that resides on Cleeve House in Calvert Avenue.
I have attached documents showing evidence of the company I work for, the time of my delivery and the times that I was located in the area. Its unfortunate that the officer didn't observe me and I didn't have a permit badge displayed, but the rules do state that unloading my vehicle with goods can take place in parking bays.
Hopefully, with that in mind and with the documents attached, you will see it's necessary to cancel the ticket.
Should you not be so minded, I draw your attention to the fact that the CEO acknowledged me, walked away and made no attempt to produce a ticket while I was stationary in my vehicle, it therefore does not appear that the CEO had started to prepare the PCN before I drove away. Had the CEO told me he was preparing a PCN, I would have waited and accepted service at the roadside.
As the CEO could have served the PCN there and then and choose not to do so, there is no power to serve a postal PCN.
In any event the time of contravention on the PCN is 7:09 pm, and the evidence shows that I had driven away by then. The fact that the CEO might have thought that a contravention occurred a few minutes earlier is neither here nor there, as no contravention occurred at the time alleged the penalty charge notice must be cancelled.
Yours faithfully,
This sounds great. I was thinking of producing a more attacking but badly worded appeal so I'm glad I won't have to do this now ;D I will update on the outcome as soon as I get it
Here you go:
Dear London Borough of Hackney,
I am challenging the PCN on the grounds that I was engaged in the exempt activity of loading and unloading in a residential bay.
I am a delivery driver for ***** and I deliver regularly within the London area. These range from street-based retail outlets to corporate clients with penthouse offices and security arrangements. On the day in question, I was parked in Calvert Avenue delivering food boxes to a customer that resides on Cleeve House in Calvert Avenue.
I have attached documents showing evidence of the company I work for, the time of my delivery and the times that I was located in the area. Its unfortunate that the officer didn't observe me and I didn't have a permit badge displayed, but the rules do state that unloading my vehicle with goods can take place in parking bays.
Hopefully, with that in mind and with the documents attached, you will see it's necessary to cancel the ticket.
Should you not be so minded, I draw your attention to the fact that the CEO acknowledged me, walked away and made no attempt to produce a ticket while I was stationary in my vehicle, it therefore does not appear that the CEO had started to prepare the PCN before I drove away. Had the CEO told me he was preparing a PCN, I would have waited and accepted service at the roadside.
As the CEO could have served the PCN there and then and choose not to do so, there is no power to serve a postal PCN.
In any event the time of contravention on the PCN is 7:09 pm, and the evidence shows that I had driven away by then. The fact that the CEO might have thought that a contravention occurred a few minutes earlier is neither here nor there, as no contravention occurred at the time alleged the penalty charge notice must be cancelled.
Yours faithfully,