Camden Council have processed PCNs pretty well since Mr Mustard was born in 2011. They still get some things wrong though although in this case they were right for the wrong reason and were reasonable.
The story of the three PCNs is largely covered in the rejection / acceptance letter.
Ms W also made an error in paying the wrong PCN and then paid the correct PCN as well and Camden very fairly refunded the erroneous payment on request.
Camden cancelled as a goodwill gesture, not ever wanting to be seen as having done anything wrong, but they were destined to lose at the tribunal. You can only incur one penalty in a 24 hour restriction this being the concept of a continuous contravention which has been fruitful at the tribunal every time for Mr Mustard. In fact Mr Mustard has a dropped kerb case coming up soon at the tribunal, for a Barnet address, where the car received two PCN and the first one has been paid.
Camden are very good in having an email warning system, if only other enforcement authorities did the same.
You may think that being on holiday would give rise to reasonable excuse but if your permit terms and condition include a duty to check on your car every day in a permit bay then you are advised to do so as an adjudicator will probably find against you. Also, have someone you trust who can get to your car keys when you are abroad so your car can be moved if necessary (short term car insurance can be purchased if needed) and also get them to open your post if you are going to be away for more than 2+ weeks in case a moving traffic or bus lane PCN arrives or perhaps Police or Court papers, you do not want to get timed out of any process.
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