Hi everyone,
I'd like some advice regarding a PCN that was left on my car on Wednesday 18th December for parking in a resident's bay without a valid permit.
I thought I had a valid parking permit but I was obviously wrong. Back in July I opened the renewal email soon after it arrived late one night and tried to renew, but the system just would not accept my details. I gave up and planned to do it the next day, but completely forgot, thinking instead that I had already dealt with the permit. I have since checked with my bank, but they have no record of any failed attempts at paying for the parking permit.
The email for the permit renewal arrived at 06:17 on Tuesday 2 July and the permit was due to expire on 5 August 2024. Before this time I had regularly renewed my parking permits every six months. This was to be my fourth permit from Haringey. Haringey only sends out one reminder by email, so if you miss that, and forget to renew your permit, you are destined to get a ticket when you next park in a residents parking bay. There are no other reminders sent out. It's also not possible to auto renew a parking permit.
Where I live there is off-street parking, so I hardly ever need to use the permit. Last Sunday (15 December) I returned from a drive to my usual off-street parking place, where I found it being used by a neighbour. So, believing that I had a valid permit, I parked on the street.
Along with the PCN detailed here, there appears to have been at least one other PCN issued, but there was no sign of any others when I moved the car on Thursday morning (19 December). This is according to a neighbour who alerted me to the PCN stuck to the windscreen. The final picture taken by the CEO (below) shows two PCN plastic wallets attached to the windscreen. What I do not understand is why the CEO did not use the full adhesive backing to stick the wallet to the windscreen. On the wallet I have, all the adhesive protective backing is still intact. It looks like they stuck the wallet to the windscreen with the smallest amount of adhesive possible, so it's almost certain to be blown away. When I moved my car, a single PCN yellow wallet was tucked under the windscreen wiper on the drivers side.
Haringey does not provide any opportunity to locate a lost PCN. Their information states that if you lose a PCN, you must wait for the Notice to Owner, and there will be no option to pay at the discounted rate.
Here's summary of the above points:
- I tried to renew my permit but the system would not accept my details and then I forgot to renew later.
- I don't think it is fair to get issued with multiple PCNs for one parking violation.
- I imagine that the missing PCN(s) were blown away due to the way they were affixed to the windscreen.
- Haringey's process is not fair. It should be possible to get more than one reminder, locate lost PCNs and pay for permits automatically when they run out.
What's the best way to approach this now? Ideally I'd like to pay as little as possible, but I also feel so aggrieved at how Haringey treat their residents that I'm tempted to mentally write off the possible £390 charge and take this all the way!
Here is the Google Street View location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ym825WctMHJj5b268This is the PCN:


These are photographs taken by the CEO:








This is the wallet with the backing still in place:


Please let me know if you need any more information.
Thanks.