technicalUK · England & WalesDifficulty: easy
Wrong Vehicle Registration on Notice
If the PCN contains the wrong vehicle registration number, it cannot be enforced against you as the keeper of a different vehicle.
Legal basis
POFA 2012 Schedule 4 Paragraph 9(2)(a) - notice must 'specify the vehicle'.
How to identify this in your case
Compare the VRM on the PCN with your actual registration. Even a single character error is material.
Sample appeal wording
I note that the Parking Charge Notice specifies the vehicle registration as [WRONG REG]. My vehicle's registration is [CORRECT REG]. This is not a minor clerical error - it is a different vehicle. I am not the keeper of the vehicle specified in the notice and therefore have no liability under POFA 2012.
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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