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I am writing this for the beenfit of someone that might have a similar case in the future ! As i won (sort of)

What happened next ? I decided to pay the discounted fare of £65 for the back dated 5 X PCNs as i didnt think i would win those. I made an appeal for the first 6 PCNs to london tribunal on the grounds that i had not recevied the first PCN in the post until commiting 6 PCNs. I calcualted the date of the letter had a 4 day delay from actualling being delivered to my postal address so this allowed me to argue for 6 PCNs. I also admitted that i was at fault for the first PCN but was actually only claiming this at the discounted rate of £65 as Richmond had stated in writing on th rejection letter that they would extend the disocunted rate for 60 days- however the payment system still reflected the de facto £130 fine.

After i submitted the london tribunal case , Richmond updated their payment system to reflect all PCNs at the agreeed extented discount rate of £65 which spooked me and I was very much contemplating to settle them all at £65 and be done with it.

However to my my amasement i received a letter from london tribunal that richmond would not contest my appeal and the first 6 PCN were all cancelled.

That for me feels like a small victory but the learnings here are that
- a possible reason is not receiving the PCN in the post from the date of committing the cotinuous PCNs
- council could have felt that going to london tribunals and punishing someone with 11 PCN would result in negative press and be detrimental.
- It really is a bit of risk taking here as i was prepared that i could lose them all.

Good luck and hope this info helps someone save money

Hello Everyone,


I am really hoping someone is able to help me, as I am    dreading to have to borrow money to pay the £715 or £1430 in full fines fines.


My wife who is insured on my car but not the registered owner drove down a "School Street" (Strathmore Rd with Shacklegate Ln Teddington) during the hours of operation. It was our first weeks taking my son to his new nursery and she was not aware of the signage at the time of contraventions. We have since reviewed the signage and it is clear so do not dispute the contravention but the fact that we are getting 11 in such a short time period.


The issue is that she was only aware of her contravention after receiving multiple PCNs. To make matters worse we are in process of moving out from my father's address where the car is registered to a new address so did not see the letters until 11 had been issued.


We appealed them all to the council but the Richmond system forces you to appeal each one indvidually. The replied back with 11 letters rejecting them but acknolgoing that since we had committed 11 contraventions they would extend the payment terms to 60 days at the discounted rate which will be 13 Jan 2024.


My option is to either pay 11 PCNs at the discounted rate of £65 each or appeal to London Tribunals where if its rejected again would revert to £130 each.  From what I have researched on https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/about/registers-appeals , you need to appeal each PCN individually and the London Tribunals would review each PCN independenlty which makes me think that I have little chance of success.


Do I have grounds for an appeal to London Tribunals on grounds that i only was aware of my contravention after receiving 11. It seems at the very least the first contravention letter was issued on 21 Sept 2023 after I had made 5 cotinuous contraventions.  Of course i would like to appeal them all but also dont want to take the risk of losing and have to borrow money to pay the full fares.

Here is a chronological list of the Contravention dates and when the letters were recevived.
Date of Contravention/ Date of Notice/ Appeal Rejection Date
1. 13/09/2023 , 21/09/2023,  15/11/2023
2. 19/09/2023, 28/09/2023, 15/11/2023
3. 20/09/2023, 26/09/2023, 15/11/2023
4. 21/09/2023 0856AM, 28/09/2023 , 15/11/2023
5. 21/09/2023 1457PM, 28/09/2023, 15/11/2023
6. 25/09/2023, 03/10/2023, 15/11/2023
7.26/09/2023, 03/10/2023, 15/11/2023
8. 02/10/2023, 10/10/2023, 15/11/2023
9. 03/10/2023 0859, 10/10/2023, 15/11/2023
10.03/10/2023 1441PM, 10/10/2023, 15/11/2023
11. 05/10/2023, 12/10/2023, 15/11/2023


Link to images of PCN and correspondances with Richmond Upon Thames

https://imgur.com/a/DwxLCyF

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