Due to Covid and people's changing transport patterns and lower mileage the number of PCNs which Mr Mustard fought was lower than the previous year. The following numbers take no account of PCNs which Mr Mustard has told people to pay, ones where they drove the wrong way or stopped bang in the middle of a yellow box and for which the only sensible thing to do was to pay the 50%
When Mr Mustard suggests fighting a PCN he wants to see it through to the end, the tribunal, although more often councils see the wisdom in his argument, knowing they are in for a c.£30 tribunal fee otherwise and probably no income.
Of the cases aside only 9 were cancelled at the informal stage, the earliest opportunity to respond to a PCN placed on your car (there isn't an informal stage for yellow boxes and other moving traffic contraventions). What this tells you is that you don't have much chance of a cancellation unless you resolve to see your PCN all the way to the tribunal. The statistics were affected by one person who couldn't get a permit during lockdown and still left their car in a resident bay for weeks. This was resolved with the help of a councillor in Haringey.
DNC means that an Appeal was started at London Tribunals but the council threw in the towel without a hearing. They could have cancelled earlier and not wasted the fees.
The PCN being refused was the hoped for outcome as the 50% discount was offered again, this being a hire car where the rental company was dropped in it.
Only about 1% of PCNs served ever get to the adjudicators so one can see why councils ruthlessly game the system to force appellants there if they dare. Most don't as the discount is certain, and a win, with no penalty to pay, far less so, and a lose means double the penalty. One can see why most people don't take the risk.
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