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#Post#: 117505--------------------------------------------------
Re: TOWER HAMLETS - 34 Being in a bus lane - Cambridge Heath
Road
DIR By: fahim128
Date: May 1, 2026, 7:13 am
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Hi guys
I've had a response from the council regarding my appeal (which
they sent on 1st Apr, which I annoyingly missed in my inbox as I
had a backlog I just worked through! - that means I lost my 14
day reduced period :/ )
Here is the response from the council, they rejected it
HTML https://imgpile.com/p/pWGBps3
If you have any suggestions or advise, it would be much
appreciated.
Thanks
#Post#: 117538--------------------------------------------------
Re: TOWER HAMLETS - 34 Being in a bus lane - Cambridge Heath
Road
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: May 1, 2026, 2:09 pm
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Well, if you're outside the discount period allowed, it is now a
no-brainer to register an appeal with London Tribnals, because
the penalty remains the same, and there are no additional costs
at all. If you lose, you pay the full PCN penalty, and if you
win, you pay nothing. The council, however have the PITA of
preparing an evidence pack and must also pay the adjudication
fee. So even if they win, they never get the full amount.
#Post#: 117573--------------------------------------------------
Re: TOWER HAMLETS - 34 Being in a bus lane - Cambridge Heath
Road
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: May 2, 2026, 5:27 am
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HTML https://imgpile.com/p/pWGBps3
How original!
Wait for the Enforcement Notice and I will take care of this for
you. Sorry I made a typo : 959 twice in the draft. No matter. I
have won all my bus lane cases for the last 4 years or so and TH
are one of them as they did not show up at the hearing which
they MUST.
#Post#: 117592--------------------------------------------------
Re: TOWER HAMLETS - 34 Being in a bus lane - Cambridge Heath
Road
DIR By: fahim128
Date: May 2, 2026, 12:33 pm
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Amazing great thank you so much! I notice that they haven't told
me how to appeal - will that come with the enforcement notice
you mention?
#Post#: 117597--------------------------------------------------
Re: TOWER HAMLETS - 34 Being in a bus lane - Cambridge Heath
Road
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: May 2, 2026, 3:35 pm
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The Enforcement Notice will give details of grounds.
#Post#: 118632--------------------------------------------------
Re: TOWER HAMLETS - 34 Being in a bus lane - Cambridge Heath
Road
DIR By: fahim128
Date: May 13, 2026, 4:24 pm
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Hi all, I've received the Enforcement notice ( here
HTML https://imgpile.com/p/TLrtS91
) - please advise on how to
proceed! Thanks in advance again!
#Post#: 118928--------------------------------------------------
Re: TOWER HAMLETS - 34 Being in a bus lane - Cambridge Heath
Road
DIR By: fahim128
Date: May 17, 2026, 3:23 am
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Hi guys, any help would be much appreciated, i need to let them
know soon what I plan to do! Thanks in advance!
#Post#: 118945--------------------------------------------------
Re: TOWER HAMLETS - 34 Being in a bus lane - Cambridge Heath
Road
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: May 17, 2026, 5:27 am
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What did you say in the first challenge?
Dear TH
Your video shows a sign to diagram 959 which is obscured. It
does not show any sign to diagram 958 allegedly passed..
Therefore, the standard of proof of the alleged contravention is
not satisfactory. Please cancel the PCN.
#Post#: 118993--------------------------------------------------
Re: TOWER HAMLETS - 34 Being in a bus lane - Cambridge Heath
Road
DIR By: fahim128
Date: May 17, 2026, 3:59 pm
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Here is the appeal that I sent that was rejected:
To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing to formally appeal against Penalty Charge Notice
TT61001743, issued in respect
of vehicle VA17 SJO, for the alleged contravention of ‘being in
a bus lane’ on Cambridge
Heath Road on 7/2/26.
I respectfully submit this appeal on the following grounds:
1. DE MINIMIS
Having reviewed the council’s own enforcement video, it is
evident that my vehicle was
present within the bus lane for no more than approximately 7–10
metres, and at no point fully
within it. Upon realising I had inadvertently drifted into the
bus lane, I moved back into the
traffic lane as promptly as was safely practicable, having first
checked for vehicles to my
right.
The intrusion was momentary, minor, and immediately
self-corrected. I submit that such a
brief and negligible incursion should properly be regarded as de
minimis, and that issuing a
full Penalty Charge Notice in these circumstances is
disproportionate and unreasonable.
2. INADEQUATE SIGNAGE / INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF CONTRAVENTION
I further draw the council’s attention to the fact that the
enforcement video submitted in
support of this PCN does not clearly show a sign to diagram 959
in a manner sufficient to
establish that the contravention occurred. The standard of proof
required to sustain a Penalty
Charge Notice has therefore not been met.
For the above reasons, I respectfully request that this Penalty
Charge Notice be cancelled in
full.
#Post#: 119114--------------------------------------------------
Re: TOWER HAMLETS - 34 Being in a bus lane - Cambridge Heath
Road
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: May 18, 2026, 4:02 pm
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Ta. I will think it over and advise tomorrow.
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