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Back to your dashcam please. You've posted up a still image. Are you saying this is a frame from when the car was in motion and not yet parked? IE approaching the sign on the pole visible on the offside of the road?

I assume so, so it seems that the Council believe your frame is a still from when the car was stationary and parked in the bay. Not a frame from when it was approaching the parking place. Seems the Council believe you were parked on the double yellow lines on the nearside.

I think you need to make this clearer because at first reading I understood your photo to be of when the car was stationary and parked on the left side of the raod. Yes indeed the pole visible to the offide has no suspension sign however is not relevsnt if it it's on the opposite pavement to where you parked.

I'm concerned that an Adjudicator might also read your submission the same way and misunderstand the realtionship between where you actually parked and the signpost.

You case is that there was no suspension sign in-situ in the bay on the right hand side of the road, where is where you parked, at the time that you parked. The suspension notice was installed at some unknown time after you parked. So make that very clear. Your dashcam image was taken just before you reached the parking bay and confirms that the suspension notice was not in place. This is the same pole visible in the CEO's evidence photo that shows the same pole at the offside rear of your car after you'd parked.

Please revise your draft nd post it up.

Thanks for your feedback. Yes the image is of my vehicle on approach to the bay, while in motion...let me know if this is better...


I parked my vehicle on Sunday, 21st July 2024 at approximately 20:50pm at Virginia Road, where I am a resident permit holder. My vehicle was removed on the 23rd of July 2024 at 10:57am for allegedly parking in an suspended bay. After paying the £265 fine to recover my vehicle I appealed the PCN and removal as instructed by the Enforcement Authority.

In my appeal submission to the EA, I provided images from my dashcam which shows my vehicle on approach to the parking bay. The image is a still image which capture's the signage at the last possible moment, as dashcams are forward facing, needed the image to be from an angle which shows the signage in its view. Please see images from dashcam attached as evidence. This sign post is the same  as this taken from a google maps location highlighting that this is the same bay where my vehicle was removed from and the last signage on the road where I parked. https://maps.app.goo.gl/t99GA6a5zUH8GuxT9
However, the EA in their response, state that the dashcam image is "only showing the street in front of the vehicle", they also state the CEO’s images indicate that the suspension notice is behind my vehicle, further highlighting the complete lack of knowledge or investigative skills to understand that a dashcam can not see out the side of a vehicle, and therefore this image would have been the last taken of the relevant bay and signpost.
The EA state in their notice of rejection that notices were put in place on 18th July, however, the date and timestamp of the image from my dashcam contradicts this. I can not be certain if this signpost was missed or if it had been vandalised after being placed.

The image I provided from my dashcam, plus the image from CEO is of the same parking signplate pole. However, the EA fail to acknowledge this and rely on this to reject my appeal. This can be verified by the google maps image given above and the painting on the wall behind the signage on all images.
Furthermore, there is a procedural impropriety on the part of the EA. The Trafic Management Act 2004 stipulates that a notice of rejection must be served within 56 days of the appeal, however the EA has not been able to provide any evidence that this was sent by post, or by email within the regulated timeframe.

Hi All,

So after threatening me with costs and demanding I disclose confidential customer information to cancel the PCN, they've decided to withdraw their contest at tribunals 

OK last night I submitted a late appeal explaining the circumstances, they also wanted me to submit my whole representation with it. Will post up later tonight.

Thanks. Agree that it is at odds with the PCN to follow that process, and I I would have thought they would need to write to the registered owner? but to get the info within 1 working day is unlikely to have registered owners details (since it ain't me!).

I wonder if they are relying on this flimsy document they attached to the PCN and gave to me when I paid their charge... https://ibb.co/8M7b8CY
https://ibb.co/QfLrxt4

I'll keep chasing that NoR letter through this week and then I will try submitting reps to London Tribunals explaining that this was not received previously.

I contacted Tower Hamlets council to get an update on this and they told me that this is now closed as they sent me "notice of rejection" the day after my appeal apparently - but I never received it. One of their staff told me that it might be something I need to take up with the Post Office?! - surely they are having a laugh!

There will be no charge certificate as I paid to have the car back.

I've asked them to email me the copy of the letter which I am now having to wait on. Do I have any rights left?

Hi all, just a bit worried that with deadline coming up if someone with experience can look over?

What would be ideal reps for this, a telephone hearing or submit written?

Thanks!

OP, when and how did you submit reps against the NTO - you've skipped this step in the thread? You should aim to register your appeal no later than 13 Sept.

Thanks for the feedback. I did think there was alot of arrogance in there too! I submitted the formal rep in June I believe. At the time I was on holiday whilst awaiting a Subject Access Request with Amazon which unfortunately didn't yield anything I can use. So requested they confirm my schedule for the day.

I'll start drafting up an appeal to take to adjudication in the coming days.