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Re: Bradford Council - 318 - Keying Error
DIR By: Peekaboo97
Date: May 4, 2026, 10:32 am
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Thanks for your reply — I think I may have accidentally caused a
bit of confusion there.
When I said she had “recently passed”, I meant her driving test…
not that she’s passed away. She’s very much alive and enjoying
her first car.
She is the registered keeper.
I do take your point on entitlement vs mitigation — understood
that this hinges on discretion rather than strict compliance.
Could you help draft something for Bradford Council?
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Re: Bradford Council - 318 - Keying Error
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: May 4, 2026, 11:07 am
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I think tincombe was teasing.
I'll help draft but answer my question - do you own a car. Are
you familiar with the standard VRM format.
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Re: Bradford Council - 318 - Keying Error
DIR By: Peekaboo97
Date: May 4, 2026, 1:21 pm
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Yes and yes! Everyone makes mistakes mate.
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Re: Bradford Council - 318 - Keying Error
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: May 4, 2026, 2:46 pm
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Not having a go, just fact finding.
Your draft informal not formal challenge is OK but you need to
say you were buying the permit for your sister. Anyone can make
informal reps but only the keeper or a nominated person can do
so at NTO stage.
I would say in that para:
This is a minor keying error involving a single character that
has an identical font on vehicle numberplates. The registration
entered is clearly intended for the parked vehicle.
See what tincombe says but this is the kind of PCN where a lot
although a decreasing number of councils will cancel for a first
time such error that has no impact on their bottom line. They
also have a duty to act fairly.
The latest cancellation policy we have from Bradford suggests
they'll cancel but it's from 2020.
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Re: Bradford Council - 318 - Keying Error
DIR By: tincombe
Date: May 5, 2026, 4:15 am
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Good find from stamfordman.
OP, to be clear:
The car is not yours but your sister's;
You did not park the car;
Permits are virtual;
Your sister was unaware of the permit's details when parking;
You live in the road, have a permit and are entitled too obtain
permits for visitors;
You have no first-hand knowledge of the VRM, but were acting
upon info received from your sister in order to activate a
permit for her when she visited;
You made a mistake when entering;
Your sister probably has a clean PCN record;
We've seen what appears to be their cancellation policy.
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Re: Bradford Council - 318 - Keying Error
DIR By: NorthernUpholder
Date: May 15, 2026, 3:34 pm
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--- Quote from: Peekaboo97 link ---
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> There was no attempt to avoid payment or gain any advantage —
just a simple input error.
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> Do you think this is something worth pursuing on the basis of
a minor keying error and genuine compliance?
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Yes.
Is it still at pre-nto - ie nothing has come through the post.
Go on to the council website, explain what happened and just ask
if they can cancel it.
Also if it is still "pre NTO" you can make the appeal. And don't
panic about paying because you are waiting a response, the
process is frozen until they reply and the discount remains in
place for 14 days after they reply. (That's basically just not
assuming a cancellation is a foregone conclusion)
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