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Thank you everyone for your reply.

I will abide and send the information. I can send by email as that is an option and easier.

My mistake, it wasn't the council. It was Essex Police.

If they send a pcn, I will simply pay it.  Or whatever else I need to do, eg attend a course.

Let's see.

Once again, thank you every one.

Are you 100% certain that you can nominate yourself by email?

While some constabularies (eg Norfolk & Suffolk) do allow you to nominate yourself by email or online, my understanding is that most don't.  The reason being that most constabularies want a physically signed bit of paper saying that you admit to being the driver at the time of the offence.  An email or online admission will not suffice.  Or at least that is what those constabularies believe - rightly or wrongly.

You might be able to nominate somebody else as the driver by email or online, but doublecheck that you can nominate yourself.

(You've already made one obvious mistake thinking the council had sent you the NIP.  Don't make another unnecessary mistake that might cost you)

I think you have confused BertB by asking "So pay the 44 today bert?"

That's because so far you haven't yet received anything that you can pay, have you?  All you've received is two NIPs asking you simply to name the driver, not asking you to pay anything.

Is that right?

BertB is simply trying to advise you as to which request to name the driver you should reply to first

So the OP was parked in exactly the same place (outside 2b) as in the allowed appeal from 2016 quoted by Stamfordman?

Do you work for the council ?

Who are you asking?

Haven't the council dropped it anyway?

Read this  https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/read-this-first-before-posting-your-case!-this-section-is-for-council-tfl-dartme/

What date did you buy the van and what was the date of the PCN infringement?

...The PCN shows observation for 8 minutes. This period coincided with internal transfer of items from the first floor to the ground floor and therefore no external activity would have been visible...

I'm a bit confused.

Do you mean you weren't loading anything, or do you mean you were transferring items from the first floor to the ground floor in preparation for loading onto your vehicle and taking away?

... I have since spoke to them and they have sent me a web form to fill out so I’m assuming that’s the statuary declaration? ...

Does it say it's a statutory delaration?

You need to be sure because court staff sometimes don't understand the procedure themselves and tell you that you need to appeal against the verdict

In the immortal words of Harry Callahan:  "... you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?"

Unless you have a good defence - which you haven't bothered to mention any detail of - possibly best to accept the offer.

What do you think?