Visitor registered on time for School Street
Some London boroughs — including Hounslow, Islington, Hackney, Lambeth, Richmond, and Camden — let residents register a visitor's number plate in advance, often by 5pm on the same day, to allow that visitor to drive in a School Street without a penalty. If you registered the plate within the council's time window, the ticket should be cancelled. Common problems include the council's online system going down, delays in processing registrations, or a plate being entered incorrectly.
Legal basis
Individual borough School Streets TROs and visitor permit schemes; principle of administrative fairness; TMA 2004 s.78
How to identify this in your case
Confirm resident's address falls within published exemption zone. Get the visitor registration screenshot/email confirming submission within the council's window.
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam, Re: PCN [NUMBER] — School Streets — [DATE] I challenge this PCN. My vehicle was registered as a visitor exemption with the resident at [ADDRESS], [Borough], in accordance with the Council's visitor exemption scheme. - Resident: [NAME], [ADDRESS] - Vehicle: [REG] - Registered on [PORTAL] at [DATE/TIME] (confirmation [REF]) - Within the permitted window of [X] Registration confirmation attached. Under the Council's published scheme, registered visitors are exempt. The PCN must be cancelled. TMA 2004 s.78 requires a contravention to have occurred — it has not, because I fell within an exempt class. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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