Total Parking Solutions / I E Legal Solicitors

leccyblue · 6 May 2017 at 2:50PM

Hi,

On 2nd Feb I parked in the staff car park of Pilgrim Hospital in Boston. My wife is an employee and has a permit (daily one where you scratch off panels to choose date and whether am/pm). We were going to maternity for her to be induced with our second child. In the excitement of it all, we forgot to put the permit in the windscreen. I remembered after about an hour, and went to the car to do it, but had already been given a ticket on the windscreen at this point (from Total Parking Solutions). I put the permit in place to cover us for the rest of the time.

Having had one of these PCNs a few years ago (different car park and location), I read advice online to ignore it. As that had worked, I did the same this time. Today I've received a letter from I E Legal Solicitors ("Notice of impending legal action") demanding £110 before Monday 5th May otherwise they WILL take further action.

I've come online and read the sticky and realise a lot has changed in the last few years, and that I should have attempted to appeal with template letters. Is it too late now to do anything? The lack of permit was a genuine error, the permits were in the car we just forgot to put it in the windscreen. I'd rather pay the £110 than go to court, but if there's a way to get out of it without going to court I'd be interested to know.

Thanks,
Leccy