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It just occurred to me that as I bought the car not long before the offence, I've still not received the updated V5 as yet - what if the NtO gets sent to the previous owner?

It may or may not, depending on DVLA.

However, you can do two things:
1) keep a contant eye on the status/history of the PCN pon the Council website.
2) send an e-mail to the Council along the lines of
   
        Re: PCN TR10516584 and my challenge of [DATE]
                    Please note that I recently acquired the vehicle and all corespondence should be sent to
                            [NAME & ADDRESS] 
                    as I am still waiting for the revised V5 from DVLA.

Keep a copy and of any Council receipt/acknowledgement.

EDIT:
Cross-posted with previous.

Still nothing from Trafford Council yet... this is getting annoying as of course I'm having to check every day for an email and check Spam folders etc just in case they have finally gotten round to reviewing/replying through fear of missing the response

Can they really just take as long as they want? As at least with a speeding fine they have to make contact within 14 days if I recall correctly?

@ATB your primary concern should be to sort out the V5C issue. Even for a speeding fine, if the address held at DVLA is wrong that's your problem, not that of DVLA or the police. If you don't get a speeding NIP within 14 days because you've failed to get the address updated, you risk 6 points on your licence and the fact that you didn't get the letter at all (let alone within 14 days) would not be a defence.

The council website says the penalty due is £35, this indicates they have issued an informal rejection reoffering the discounted penalty. You therefore need to get the records at DVLA updated urgently, DVLA will record the change of keeper based on the date that you tell them you bought the vehicle, and the council users a system that gives them the RK at the date of the contravention. As long as the DVLA updates their records and backdates the transfer of keepership appropriately, the notice to owner will come directly to you, but you really need to get a wiggle on.

It is also a criminal offence to drive a car on the road if the name and address at DVLA is not correct.

Please re-post - you've cropped too much - you only need to redact name and address.

What is the all important date of the NtO?

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Quote from: ATB on June 19, 2024, 01:17:21 pm

I noticed they said "I can confirm that the signs..." and "... the restrictions are defined with entry/exit signs."

If only there were 'signs' rather than a single sign...

But there are:

Entry sign: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fgFM7QWD8vxZMf8m7

Exit sign: https://maps.app.goo.gl/qYS87PUMccfPF4sh9

If there happened to be an large van going the other way as you drove in it might be an issue, but if the sign was there to be seen then it would be deemed adequate by most adjudicators.

The issue for me is there's only one sign on entry, and normally where the sign is there's a van normally parked there as he must get there early or stay permanently parked (I often park in the side street and walk up Brook Close and hence see the van parked there often but I'd never noticed the sign as the van blocks it) so assumed under the LATOR rules there should be a sign on the opposite side of the road also, and of course at the point of seeing the exit sign you've mostly likely already committed the offence and leaving...

Everytime I go there the same van/s are usually there, however I don't go very often and to go once within the days I've got left would cost probably the same amount in fuel as to just pay the ticket... I fear this may just be the best approach given the reasons I have to try and defend myself and risk the double fine...