Haringey Council PCN – never received the original, now charge increased by 50%

wertey6u5

Hi all,

I’ve just had a letter through the post saying I haven’t paid a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) and that the amount has now gone up by 50% from Haringey London Council

The issue is, I never got the original PCN in the first place — so I had no idea there even was one until this “increased charge” letter arrived.

A couple of details:

• The new letter says the “issue date” was 26/08/2025, but it only actually landed through my door on 04/09/2025, so I’ve only got 6 days to respond.

• I’ve searched everywhere for the original PCN but there’s no trace of it.

• According to Haringey Council’s website, the only way to contact them is by post — no phone, no online forms.

• The letter says if I don’t pay within 14 days, they might pass it on to an enforcement agency or county court.

I posted them a letter on 05/09/2025 explaining I never got the original notice, but my biggest fear is they either don’t respond in time, don’t pause the 14-day deadline, or it gets delayed/lost and the price keeps going up.

Umkomaas

As we major on private parking tickets here, Free Traffic Legal Advice (FTLA) forum will be your best bet for council penalty charges. Register there but please note that a Hotmail address may not work - try using a throwaway Gmail account instead if you do have trouble registering, and post a new thread; here's your link:

https://www.ftla.uk/index.php?board=3.0

Read the sticky 'Read this first before posting your case' as well as reading through some of the other threads there ahead of posting your own details, to get the hang of what information they need from you in your opening post - but as a minimum you will need to post redacted photos/scans of all correspondence you've received from the council (both sides, if appropriate), as they need to see all the small print, and a Google Street View link.