Parking Ticket

flopsy2002

I wandering if anyone can help.
I work in a hospital and parked in staff parking, I didnt have a permit and got a ticket. Ive read on the forums to ignore as its private land, but today I received a letter from debt recovery plus staing that if I dont pay (which has gone from £30 to £120) they will refer this to a solicitor to consider court proceedings. This has scared me, do I now pay?
Thanks for your help

Redx

dont pay, dont be scared, read the NEWBIES sticky thread, especially post #4

having read post #4 , you will come to realise that letter is just a threatogram from people who are powerless except to write nasty letters into scaring you into paying

the correct procedures IN FUTURE are to appeal it and take it to popla , as detailed in that same NEWBIES sticky thread

ps:- if this is in england or wales, nobody has been saying IGNORE on the forums for over 2 years , since oct 2012 actually , when POFA 2012 arrived

fisherjim

flopsy2002 wrote: »

I wandering if anyone can help.
I work in a hospital and parked in staff parking, I didnt have a permit and got a ticket. Ive read on the forums to ignore as its private land, but today I received a letter from debt recovery plus staing that if I dont pay (which has gone from £30 to £120) they will refer this to a solicitor to consider court proceedings. This has scared me, do I now pay?
Thanks for your help

You did not read this on here.

flopsy2002

I didnt read it on this forum to ignore the letters, I should have said Ive read this on other websites

Redx

flopsy2002 wrote: »

I didnt read it on this forum to ignore the letters, I should have said Ive read this on other websites

maybe so, but only old posts as its definitely not current info

you wont have read this in the last 2 years on here, or pepipoo, or C.A.G. , or parking cowboys , or parking pranksters website or blog site

it was ignore before oct 2012 , but its now 2015 so a long time since things changed in england and wales

read the NEWBIES sticky thread above, that tells you the latest info and is constantly updated

I suggest you also read JEREMY HUNTS autumn statement last august, about these NHS issues with parking, where he issued guidelines that all trusts should follow

flopsy2002

I have read the newbies, but I am still really confused as to what I do

Redx

flopsy2002 wrote: »

I have read the newbies, but I am still really confused as to what I do

nothing you can do , apart from ignore DRP ( you did spot this in post #4 of the newbies sticky thread I hope ? )

one thing you could do is get the landowner to cancel the ticket ( you did spot this in the newbies sticky thread I hope ? )

flopsy2002

So I just ignore the letter?

Coupon-mad

flopsy2002 wrote: »

I wandering if anyone can help.
I work in a hospital and parked in staff parking, I didnt have a permit and got a ticket. Ive read on the forums to ignore as its private land, but today I received a letter from debt recovery plus staing that if I dont pay (which has gone from £30 to £120) they will refer this to a solicitor to consider court proceedings. This has scared me, do I now pay?
Thanks for your help

Please please please - please read post #4 of the NEWBIES thread, especially where I practically BEG people not to start threads and ask about the DRP letter chain. We will all self-combust if ever we read another one (as we do every day). Please no more, how much simpler can I make it in post #4 if the NEWBIES thread, aren't there enough links there explaining this tediousness? Sorry but spare us.

ampersand

c-m, as you've blocked your pms[read elsewhere and don't blame you;-)]I'll just ask outright here if you have a copy of Charlie Hebdo? I have spares[deliberately], having crossed ditch quickly twice. pm me if interested.

op - please excuse this hi-jack of your thread.

flopsy2002

I understand it must be very boring for to have new threads about parking, but for me I am actually very scared by my letter I received.
I have found this site not easy touse. I have read the newbies thread and I must be really thick as I still dont understand what I need to do