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Parking appeals against Sutton

Only 42 appeals against Sutton reached a tribunal decision in 2024-25, too few to quote a success rate that would mean anything. The raw figures are below.

42appeals decided
11allowed — driver won
31refused

6 of those 11 wins were uncontested. In 54.5% of the appeals Sutton lost, it put up no defence at the tribunal at all , in line with the 58.5% London average. Those tickets were not marginal decisions. The authority had already given up on them, and the appeal was the only thing that stood between the driver and a cancelled charge.

What this does and does not tell you

These are appeals that went all the way to an independent adjudicator against Sutton, which is the final stage. They exclude every ticket cancelled earlier, when you first challenge it or make formal representations — and that is where most successful appeals actually end. So the real chance of getting a ticket cancelled is higher than these figures alone suggest, not lower.

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How nearby authorities compare

Authority Appeals won
Hillingdon 83.1% of 172
Redbridge 70.1% of 1,804
Westminster 66.1% of 933
Hounslow 66% of 362
Lambeth 57.4% of 1,148
Lewisham 57.3% of 328

All 33 authorities, with sources →

Source: Environment and Traffic Adjudicators (London Tribunals), annual parking statistics 2024-25. Figures are for penalty charge notices only; the same release covers clamping and removals separately, in numbers too small to quote. A tribunal outcome depends on the evidence in that particular case, so nothing here predicts yours.