DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
---------------------------------------------------------
FreeTrafficLegalAdvice
HTML https://ftla.createaforum.com
---------------------------------------------------------
*****************************************************
DIR Return to: Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so ...
*****************************************************
#Post#: 104691--------------------------------------------------
City of London, code 33E using a route restricted to certain
vehicles, Cheapside
DIR By: a124
Date: January 5, 2026, 4:57 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Good evening,
Received two PCNs on 24/12/25 and 26/12/25 for driving through a
route restricted to buses, cycles and taxis. On both occasions
after 7pm. Please find PCNs and their evidence on the link
below.
HTML https://1drv.ms/f/c/65d99d5b27829f48/IgARWIbd7foiSYjq6CkOJyooAYO2m-qDfpGU8IIVRigswo8
This is the sign just before where the contravention occurred,
which I thought allowed me to drive there after
7pm and is rather misleading.
HTML https://1drv.ms/i/c/65d99d5b27829f48/IQB-SooI66Z7QJbWMRX0Dj7ZAUgX5VV6MgCAKfW88hTZ5ho
Location:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/8bBicK5yrJFEe4VX7
Any advice for an appeal would be much appreciated.
Thanks
#Post#: 104696--------------------------------------------------
Re: City of London, code 33E using a route restricted to certain
vehicles, Cheapside
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: January 5, 2026, 5:30 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
The blue background sign with the text is not a traffic sign,
but clearly it is very misleading, and should not be there if
there is a 24x7 restriction ahead. Whether this would win at
London Tribunals is another matter, but councils do have an
obligation under Regulation 18 of The Local Authorities’ Traffic
Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 to place
adequate signage of a restriction:-
HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2489/regulation/18
I would submit representations on the above basis. Please post
up their response when you get it. City of London have form on
stupid stuff like this, and get away with it because most people
getting a PCN just pay up straightaway.
#Post#: 104725--------------------------------------------------
Re: City of London, code 33E using a route restricted to certain
vehicles, Cheapside
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: January 6, 2026, 5:38 am
---------------------------------------------------------
The PCN is flawed: they cannot serve a charge certificate 28
days from the date of the notice!
#Post#: 104804--------------------------------------------------
Re: City of London, code 33E using a route restricted to certain
vehicles, Cheapside
DIR By: a124
Date: January 6, 2026, 12:29 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Thanks both. [member=24]Hippocrates[/member] Could you help me
understand why the pcn is flawed? They haven't served the charge
certificate yet.
#Post#: 104836--------------------------------------------------
Re: City of London, code 33E using a route restricted to certain
vehicles, Cheapside
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: January 6, 2026, 2:50 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
28b days from the date of service.
#Post#: 105053--------------------------------------------------
Re: City of London, code 33E using a route restricted to certain
vehicles, Cheapside
DIR By: a124
Date: January 8, 2026, 4:14 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Thanks again. Should I include in my appeal, the fact they
mentioned they'll serve charge certificate within 28 days of
notice? Or is it something to use during the tribunal?
Thanks in Advance.
#Post#: 105090--------------------------------------------------
Re: City of London, code 33E using a route restricted to certain
vehicles, Cheapside
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: January 8, 2026, 9:19 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Yes but let's see a draft first please.
#Post#: 105267--------------------------------------------------
Re: City of London, code 33E using a route restricted to certain
vehicles, Cheapside
DIR By: a124
Date: January 9, 2026, 12:29 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Here's a draft of the appeal:
I make formal representations against Penalty Charge Notice
XXXXX on the ground of procedural impropriety.
The Penalty Charge Notice is legally flawed because it misstates
the circumstances in which a Charge Certificate may be served.
The PCN states:
“Failure to pay the penalty charge in full before the end of the
28 Day Period may lead to the charge increasing by 50% to
£240.00 and a Charge Certificate being served…”
This wording is incorrect and misleading.
Under Schedule 1 of the London Local Authorities and Transport
for London Act 2003, a Charge Certificate may only be served if:
•
•
penalty charge is not paid within 28 days of service of a Notice
of Rejection.
The PCN unlawfully suggests that a Charge Certificate may be
issued automatically at the end of the 28-day period beginning
with the date of the notice, regardless of whether
representations are made. This fetters the recipient’s statutory
right to make representations and misstates the legal position.
This constitutes a procedural impropriety and renders the
Penalty Charge Notice unenforceable.
I therefore request that the Penalty Charge Notice be cancelled.
Feedback would be most welcomed!
#Post#: 109648--------------------------------------------------
Re: City of London, code 33E using a route restricted to certain
vehicles, Cheapside
DIR By: a124
Date: February 12, 2026, 4:27 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Good evening,
Got a rejection letter for the appeal. The letter is available
at this link:
HTML https://1drv.ms/b/c/65d99d5b27829f48/IQArtPxBLWG7QZlqxSXqKw--AWOK_IcnfRDOwYam6g83hrc?e=iKlUhC
What is the likeliness of having success if I was to take this
to tribunal?
Many Thanks
#Post#: 109654--------------------------------------------------
Re: City of London, code 33E using a route restricted to certain
vehicles, Cheapside
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: February 12, 2026, 6:07 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
There are no statutory grounds of "procedural impropriety" in
the LLA & TfL Act 2003. The only one that matches your reps,
which are solely based on failure of the council to follow the
process correctly is, "The penalty exceeded.....in the
circumstances of the case". This could win, but the expert for
this sort of appeal is Hippocrates who has previously
represented people at the tribunal, so hopefully he'll give an
opinion on its likely success.
*****************************************************
Page 1 of 2
DIR Next Page