Hello,
We received a Penalty Charge Notice dated 22/07/2025 for an offence on 20/07/2025 (see attached). I submitted a formal appeal through the Islington parking online portal on 30/07/2025 and got the automated acknowledgement of receipt email and that they should respond within 56 days (see attached). It had been over 56 days and just yesterday we received a Charge Certificate in the mail dated 02/10/2025 (see attached).
I believe if the council doesn't respond to us within 56 days then the PCN appeal should have been deemed accepted and they should have cancelled the PCN (according to London Tribunals official website).
I called the council this morning and they said since a Charge Certificate has been issued, the PCN is out of the hands of the council now and we have to wait for a letter from the Traffic Enforcement Centre and it should come with a form we can make a statutory declaration.
My question is - what should I do now? Is there any point writing to the council to say they should cancel the PCN now given they have not responded within 56 days? Should I send the TEC a statutory declaration form now, or wait until we get a letter from them? Should I be filling in the PE2, PE3, TE7 or TE9 forms? So confusing so many different forms!
Thanks in advance for all the advice!
Attachments -
PCN
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11e_y4A0w5dvlI739JMpT3MGF5HzPGHMo/view?usp=drive_linkCouncil acknowledgement of appeal receipt
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wp20msZI2b3icCL5ODFgfLHRn-E2WAaU/view?usp=drive_linkCharge Certificate
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZiBYbc_1kQbLcyp5c2oqaeoV_YSaxz5a/view?usp=drive_linkEDIT: I've made the links public access now.. thank you!