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I also won a case of a PCN in this bus - tips Re: Hammersmith
& Fulham – Bus Lane – Shepherds Bush Rd Southbound Offside
DIR By: Cata
Date: July 30, 2026, 5:27 pm
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I also won my appeal against Hammersmith , and they cancelled
the PCN (I couldn't find the attach button so my appeal letter
is ina separate message - look for it because it has all the
references to the data mentioned here.
My main argument was based on the council's own Freedom of
Information responses. I compared the number of PCNs issued for
this bus lane with:
* all the other bus lanes in the borough (from memory, there are
around 40 something); and
* the much longer bus lane immediately before it, which feeds
directly into this one.
This tiny bus lane generated by far the highest number of PCNs
in the borough, despite being only a fraction of the length of
many others. It also generated substantially more PCNs than the
much longer bus lane immediately preceding it, which as it is
linked to it has the same traffic under the sam econditions so
it's directly comparable. I included the length of both bus
lanes to allow a like-for-like comparison (PCNs per metre).
The data I used was:
1. The annual number of PCNs issued for all the bus lanes in the
borough, over several years.
2. the number of PCNs of the tinny BL same years
2. A comparison of the number of PCNs per metre between the
preceding bus lane and this very short bus lane - again data per
year
Taken together, these comparisons strongly suggest that the
difference cannot reasonably be explained by traffic patterns
alone and is consistent with this short bus lane operating as a
trap.
The I used the Oxfordshire trial precedent
A few "tricks":
* Ask for **all correspondence to be sent by email**. Councils
are often slow to respond and can miss statutory deadlines. ;)
* **Never give up.** Many cases are won simply because people
persist.
* **Ask the council to attend the adjudication hearing** (even
remotely). Inform them on the last day they can be notified. So
give them as little time as possble to prepare shwoing up. Put
it on a friday, end of the day if possible.
They often fail to appear, and in my case that was sufficient
for the appeal to succeed. But the adjudicator considered that
the numbers argument was pretty strong
Good luck
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Re: Hammersmith & Fulham – Bus Lane – Shepherds Bush Rd
Southbound Offside
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: July 30, 2026, 5:31 pm
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[member=4718]Cata[/member] I know you did and I have given you
credit for it on this forum!
HTML https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mgCPCQCvxQD2MDmJ81xP2bawiwyvUs2a/view
Let's bygones be bygones and do something about this! I will
email you.
Hippocrates=AI my derriere!
Regarding service: your case was very fact-specific. And you
used all my arguments as in this case and others.
One never informs the authority of its obligations until 7 days
before the hearing or one is teaching them the lesson.
As provided at para 7(6)
HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1996/9/schedule/1/enacted
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