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Bradford Council - 318 - Keying Error
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Hi all,

I’m seeking advice before appealing a PCN from Bradford Council.

A visitor permit was active for the time and location, but I entered the vehicle registration incorrectly — the correct reg is BT14OCZ, but I mistakenly entered BT140CZ (used the number “0” instead of the letter “O”).

So the permit was valid, just linked to the slightly incorrect registration due to a genuine typo.

Does anyone have experience with Bradford Council in this situation, and are they likely to accept an appeal or are they strict on exact matches?

Any advice appreciated.

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Re: Bradford Council - 318 - Keying Error
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Presumably this was a virtual permit, so you typed a '0' instead of an 'O'. The official font for number plates has no '0', the number plate maker uses the same character for both, so an easy mistake and one that has won appeals at London Tribunals, but we  have no way of looking at the Traffic Penalty Tribunal statutory register.

If you're prepared to take Bradford there, then you would have a good chance of a win, but you'd have to risk the full PCN penalty. There are no additional costs, and if you win you pay nothing, of course. But first you would have to go through the rigamarole of submitting an informal challenge, (optional), and then waiting for the Notice to Owner. This is sent to the owner's address as recorded on the V5C Registration Certificate.

So, are you the owner ? If not, who is, because the owner has legal responsibility for all PCNs ?

Re: Bradford Council - 318 - Keying Error
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On 0/O, have a good read of this thread, which contains useful tribunal cases and images of fonts  from the regulations
https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/ealing-12r-parked-in-bay-without-valid-permit-wrong-number-plate-on-app/msg115735/#msg115735

Post a draft of your initial challenge here for comment before submitting.