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Does this mean I cannot take it to tribunal?
DIR By: ReflectoR
Date: January 24, 2026, 1:53 pm
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Hi everyone.
So I forgot to renew my permit with Islington, and I got a PCN.
I appealed, and it got rejected, and I appealed again, and it
got rejected again. They sent the NTO, and I sent the same
appeal which got rejected as well.
My appeal was that I forgot, but the reason I had forgotten was
because when I originally went to renew the Islington permit
portal wasn't functioning correctly, can't remember exactly what
was wrong, so I was going to try again later. But never did.
I know it's not the best excuse, but I'd like to take it to
tribunal anyway. But the rejection to the formal representation
seems to suggest I can't? I've pasted it below.
My original submission to the NTO
I would like to clarify the circumstances again, as my concern
is that the mitigation I raised has not been fully considered. I
attempted to renew my residents’ permit before the PCN was
issued; however, the council’s online system repeatedly failed
to process the renewal. This technical issue was outside my
control, and I took reasonable steps to remain compliant. I urge
the council to check its system logs, which should evidence my
attempts to renew the permit. I have previously held a valid
residents’ permit and had no intention of avoiding payment. I
acted in good faith and attempted to renew on time, but was
prevented from doing so due to system failure. In addition, I
have ADHD, which means that despite making an initial attempt to
resolve the issue, I am more prone to forgetting to retry
immediately once a system error occurs. This makes it especially
important that reasonable adjustments and fairness are applied
where renewal was attempted but blocked by circumstances beyond
my control. Given these facts, I believe it would be
unreasonable and disproportionate to enforce a penalty for a
situation caused by the council’s own system preventing renewal.
I respectfully ask that this matter be reconsidered in light of
fairness.
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#Post#: 107264--------------------------------------------------
Re: Does this mean I cannot take it to tribunal?
DIR By: MrChips
Date: January 24, 2026, 2:44 pm
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Who was the NTO addressed to?
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Re: Does this mean I cannot take it to tribunal?
DIR By: ReflectoR
Date: January 25, 2026, 9:57 am
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The NTO was addressed to my wife's name.
I made the "appeal"/representation under my name on their online
form.
#Post#: 107307--------------------------------------------------
Re: Does this mean I cannot take it to tribunal?
DIR By: MrChips
Date: January 25, 2026, 10:36 am
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If the NTO is addressed to your wife, she's legally responsible
and the council can't consider representations from another
party (without their express authorisation).
#Post#: 107331--------------------------------------------------
Re: Does this mean I cannot take it to tribunal?
DIR By: ReflectoR
Date: January 25, 2026, 4:47 pm
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What should my next steps be? Wait for another letter after the
8th?
Or write authorisation from my wife now?
Either way I wanted to take it to tribunal since it's 110 now
anyway.
#Post#: 107334--------------------------------------------------
Re: Does this mean I cannot take it to tribunal?
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: January 25, 2026, 5:00 pm
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Your wife can take the matter to London Tribunals and nominate
you as her representative. This needs her to write and sign a
letter of authority. Of course a typed letter only needs her
signature.
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Re: Does this mean I cannot take it to tribunal?
DIR By: ReflectoR
Date: January 25, 2026, 5:03 pm
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Thank you.
So would we do this after receiving the next letter, or do we
have to do it now?
Since the NTO was already served, and I was the one that
responded?
#Post#: 107348--------------------------------------------------
Re: Does this mean I cannot take it to tribunal?
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: January 25, 2026, 7:06 pm
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I order to register an appeal at the adjudicators, one must
first have had reps against a Notice to Owner rejected. The
rejection must advise you of your right to adjudication and
explain the process.
#Post#: 107916--------------------------------------------------
Re: Does this mean I cannot take it to tribunal?
DIR By: ReflectoR
Date: January 29, 2026, 11:40 am
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So technically my reps was rejected. But Islington are saying
that I can't take it to tribunal because I'm not the owner.
Does this mean I wait for another NTO, and then get my wife to
appeal that?
Or do I write back now, and say my wife wants to take it to
tribunal?
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Re: Does this mean I cannot take it to tribunal?
DIR By: RichardW
Date: January 29, 2026, 12:46 pm
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I don't think there will be another NTO, next will be charge
certificate which you can't appeal against. It still appears you
can make an appeal on their website, so try sending the reps
again, in your wife's name this time...
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