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Thanks, so here is my draft appeal, any advice much appreciated:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I wish to make representations against Penalty Charge Notice AF5838970, relating to vehicle YJ33K at Clayhall Avenue on 15 August 2026.

I have reviewed the CCTV footage and it clearly shows that the vehicle stopped for approximately five seconds only, solely to allow a passenger to alight, before immediately moving away. The vehicle was not parked or waiting at the bus stop.

The driver is also a disabled person and a valid Blue Badge holder. I appreciate that a Blue Badge does not provide an exemption from a bus stop restriction, but I ask the Council to take the driver's circumstances into account when considering whether it is appropriate to exercise its discretion.

I would also ask the Council to consider the position and visibility of the bus-stop restriction sign from the direction of approach. The restriction sign is not visible in the CCTV footage as the vehicle approaches the location, and I would ask the Council to confirm that the signage was correctly positioned and adequately visible to an approaching motorist.

Given the exceptionally brief duration of the stop, the fact that it was solely to allow a passenger to alight, the driver's circumstances and the issue regarding the visibility of the restriction signage, I respectfully ask the Council to exercise its discretion and cancel the PCN.

I would be grateful if the CCTV footage could be reviewed in full when considering this representation.

Yours faithfully,
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Thanks so much, I've made the relevant changes.

To play devils advocate, what happens if PE did issue me the correct letter? Like I've said I don't recall receiving it but I assume they will need to provide evidence also, so if the correct letter is provided by them how would that affect my defence? Is it worth including anything relating to my original defence around the supposed cancellation? Or is it a stronger case to stick with this route?

Any advice on the next steps would be great too please, re: the Acknowledging of service and entering my defence for review? Can someone explain what will happen please as I'm unsure of the process and next steps, what it actually entails?

TIA
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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: Bus Lane Contravention
« Last post by Stretch79 on September 03, 2026, 07:32:59 pm »
Thank you for the advice.

With regards to appealing. Just merely explain the Mer

Thank you for the help
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Private parking tickets / Re: How do I appeal this P4 Parking PCN?
« Last post by jimbobbybobs on September 03, 2026, 07:32:51 pm »
If you can post the lease/contract/AST for your flat that would be helpful, but in general this is primary and unless it has been formally modified to require a permit to be displayed, putting up a sign has no effect on your legal position.

These companies will deny this and reject any appeal you make, so you sit tight and ignore letters from debt collectors, come back when you get a Letter of Claim which you will simply deny, then defend the county court claim. This is unlikely ever to see court because your legal position is strong, the money grabbing parking companies just want to frighten you into paying or to ignore the court claim which will result in a default judgment against you.

Once they give in, you need to write to the management company and the parking company along the lines that you are not required to display a “permit” but that you will do so as a matter of convenience, but will again defend any future action against you for not doing so.

The approach you already took is the correct one, so I suggest just doing it again, presumably it’s simple to cut/paste the words you used. If you end up with 3 identical court claims, it’s no big deal.

Hi there - reviving this thread as I have since received 2 letter before claims for the other 2 PCNs that received prior and challenged. The challenges failed and POPLA would not get involved as they said their jurisdiction is only with signage etc.

What do you recommend I do next?
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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: Bus Lane Contravention
« Last post by Bulop on September 03, 2026, 07:31:47 pm »
Thank you

With regards to the de minimis case.

Shall I just quote de minimis as is or construct a sentence in a certain manner?

Just a sentence on the fact the contravention didn't occur due to De Minimis, as your car clock cannot be expected to be atomic considering it was one minute after the restriction started, and minimal use of the bus lane. (to the council)
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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: Bus Lane Contravention
« Last post by Stretch79 on September 03, 2026, 07:18:54 pm »
Thank you

With regards to the de minimis case.

Shall I just quote de minimis as is or construct a sentence in a certain manner?
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Usual response from IAS as has been stated the next steps will potentially be a large number of debt collectors letters which you can ignore.They may decide to take the matter to court.
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Absolutely, so I will file an AoS - any thoughts on what defence should be?
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Just for clarity, you need to file an Acknowledgment of Service or a defence by 4pm on 14 September, and if you file an AoS you have until 4pm on 28 September to file a defence.
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Giving way to emergency vehicles
« Last post by sparxy on September 03, 2026, 06:51:20 pm »
I'm guessing you weren't the chap that the police phoned on the motorway, or you wouldn't have a ticket? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cjwgwv1wznzo

IMO, as someone who drives "large panel vans", you should be aware of your blind spots and be checking your mirrors regularly. If the police driver was driving according to training, they should be moving to place their car in view of your mirrors. You also insinuated in your first post that you did see the car, but not their blue lights... nor flashing headlamps (if fitted)?

I digress:

You "refused" i.e. did not respond to any of the choices on the ticket? So you've got yourself a court date?
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