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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: JF on April 20, 2026, 03:46:38 pm
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Register an appeal at the Traffic Penalty Tribunal, in case Bristol prove to be obdurate, because you cannot wait around for the DVLA info. You only have a fixed time to either pay or go to the adjudicators.
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No personal plate and no, we have driven through the Bristol CAZ zone on at least a weekly basis since (and prior) to it's introduction. It has always been (and if we had not scrapped it, would still be) a compliant vehicle.
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Did it have a personal plate.
Is this the first time you drove it in the zone or other clean air zones.
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This is a bit of an odd one, so hoping for some advice.
We received 2 x PCNs for driving through the Bristol CAZ zone a couple of weeks before we scrapped the vehicle (2009 Kia Picanto 2 1.1 12v Petrol). As the car has been scrapped, you can no longer look up the vehicle details via the DVLA, nor do we have the V5C. I appealed the PCNs via the BCC website, stating the vehicle had been scrapped, the make/model/year of the car, and that as it was a petrol car manufactured after 2006, it met (actually exceeds) the requirements of Euro 4 emissions standards and was therefore exempt. They have denied the appeal and have asked for the V5C or other proof it meets the exemtption standards. I have replied to the rejection via the email address on the letter, with the Certificate of Destruction, as well as all of the information I could find online about the emissions from a couple of different websites.
I spoke to the DVLA this morning, and I can only get the info I need by filling in a V888 form, which I have done, but it will take up to 4 weeks to receive the information.
Is there anything else I can do/submit to make my case?