Napier Parking - reminder letter £170 - ignore?

sweep98

Have read the newbies thread and wanted to check I'm doing the right thing.  I had to tell Napier I was the driver as my husband was being chased as Keeper and didn't like it.
Situation is this: we pulled into the car park on Church Hill in Northfield, which I thought was still council-owned and used to be free after 6 pm.  It was19.01 pm according to Napier and we left at 19.06 55 seconds.  So were there just over 5 minutes.  I didn't realised it was paying parking until my husband (as Keeper) received a PCN from Napier.
For my husband I followed the advice on here and did an appeal which lost, he then got a reminder letter and then a Case Escalation to Debt Resolution letter, which is when I emailed them to say I was the driver.  Then I got a PCN - unfortunately I didn't appeal within 28 days and now have a reminder letter and it says the amount currently outstanding is £170, and also an additional charge of up to £70 may be applied!  Seems that they have already applied it!
From what I have read it seems I am too late to appeal and need to ignore letters until I get a Letter of Claim which gives 30 days?  Is that correct? 
Please let me know if I should be doing anything different.

Gr1pr

Yes, all correct 

Bear in mind that the codes of practice allow a consideration period,  typically around 5 minutes,  so you may well win a court claim based on that fact

Le_Kirk

You transferred liability from your husband as keeper, to yourself as driver and received a PCN in your name, which you did not appeal.  They would have rejected it anyway - no profit in allowing appeals - so, yes, you are waiting for a (30-day) letter before/of claim.  Any other length of time they quote, such as 14 days, makes it a (begging letter) debt collection letter (NEWBIE sticky fourth post) so deal with it as shown in second post in NEWBIE sticky.

Coupon-mad

Yes await the claim, if any.

Can you and hour husband spare time to complete the Public Consultation this month? We need a proper appeals service and a complete ban in DRA fees

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6617396/parking-code-of-practice-consultation-8-weeks-from-11th-july-2025/p1

sweep98

Thanks, everyone.   Yes, I would be happy to complete the public consultation (not sure about husband).

Le_Kirk

Every voice needs to be heard to tell the Government that we/you are fed up with being treated as cash cows by the bloodsuckers (as mentioned in parliament) and they need to be regulated.  You/your husband are exactly the right sort of people to complete the consultation as you have been through or are going through, the process.