Parking Controller's 10-Day Information Response Default (S.I. 203/2025)
Under S.I. 203/2025, when the Clamping Appeals Officer requests additional information from the parking controller (operator), the controller has 10 calendar days to respond. If they miss this deadline, proceedings advance without their materials — a strong procedural advantage to the appellant. Use as a tactical lever: in your appeal, request that the appeals officer specifically ask the parking controller for the evidence underlying the clamping (signage photos, time-stamps, contract). If the controller fails to respond in time, your appeal proceeds unopposed.
Legal basis
S.I. No. 203/2025, reg. on information requests (10 calendar days); Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 ss.21–22 (powers of clamping appeals officer).
How to identify this in your case
Pertains to all second-stage clamping appeals where the parking controller's evidence is in dispute. Most relevant when the operator has a thin paper trail.
Sample appeal wording
Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at.
I respectfully request that the Clamping Appeals Officer formally request from the parking controller, under the powers in S.I. 203/2025, the following materials: (a) timestamped photographic evidence of the alleged contravention, (b) signage photographs as displayed at the alleged location on the date in question, (c) the contractual basis claimed for the immobilisation. Should the controller fail to respond within the prescribed 10 calendar days, I ask that the appeal be determined on the materials before the Officer.
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