London Borough of Redbridge: PCNs and how to challenge them

What Redbridge enforces

Parking

Enforces — officers and CCTV

Bus lanes / gates

Not confirmed by our sources

Moving traffic

Not confirmed by our sources — Redbridge's challenge page covers CCTV PCNs but doesn't list which restrictions it enforces by camera

Penalty level

London charge levels (London Councils)

Appeals

London Tribunals (free)

About Redbridge PCNs

Redbridge says you have 28 days from the issue date on the ticket or letter to challenge, and that payment deadlines are paused while it considers your challenge. If you challenge within the discount period and are rejected, it gives you a further 14 days to pay the discounted amount. It will not consider a challenge once a Charge Certificate, reminder or Order for Recovery has been sent, even if you never saw the earlier notice, so act on the first letter you get.

For a ticket put on the car or handed to you, you make an informal challenge first; Redbridge aims to answer within 10 working days. If it is rejected you can pay within 28 days or wait for the Notice to Owner and make formal representations. Tickets that come by post, including CCTV PCNs and Notices to Owner, are challenged by formal representations, which Redbridge decides within 56 days of receipt. If those are rejected, you have 28 days to pay or appeal to London Tribunals.

The council lists the kind of reasons it accepts, such as a wrong registration, legal loading, a ticket issued before your session ran out, a displayed permit or a stolen vehicle, and says it rejects reasons like stopping for a few minutes or being held up elsewhere. Give the PCN number, registration and your reasons, with evidence such as a payment confirmation, delivery note, permit or crime reference. Challenge online with uploads, or by post to its PO box; postal challenges are not acknowledged.

How to challenge a Redbridge PCN

1. Check the deadline. A camera PCN sent by post gets a 50% discount if paid within 14 days; representations are normally due within 28 days of the notice being served.
2. Make representations to the council using its online challenge form or by post to London Borough of Redbridge, PO Box 750, IG1 1FQ. Quote the PCN number and the grounds that apply.
3. If rejected, appeal to London Tribunals within 28 days of the Notice of Rejection. The adjudicator is independent of Redbridge.

London penalty levels from 7 April 2025: Band A £160/£110, Band B £140/£90; bus lane and moving traffic £160 (London Councils).

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