@RobPN wrote:
@7up
Probably not much help in your present predicament, and you may already know that you can check your vehicles tax status (including whether it's SORN'd) at - https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-tax
Edit: Good luck!
Yeah I know you can check it but at the time having had a 2nd 'application' declined, I felt assured that it was definitely being dealt with and they couldn't deny it. After that I simply forgot to check on it.
@Penny wrote:
@7up wrote:
Last year, end of September / October I submitted a SORN application to DVLA on a vehicle that I couldn't put through an MOT due to vehicle repairs that were taking time (and still ongoing). No email came my way and I tried to submit it again but the website told me that I had already submitted an application and wouldn't let me do so again. Nothing I can do about that but it's done and they've at least acknowledged it online.
Pity you didn't screenshot that message - often worth it for any dealings with offialdom.
Anyway having had dealings with DVLA on a number of occasions, I'd highly recommend just calling them. There's rarely a very long wait and - without exception - I have found their customer-service helplines extraordinarily helpful.
Just explain what's happened - all websites have glitches from time to time - and ask if you should date the (new) SORN application from the original date you applied for it, or start-of-this-month, or whenever.
Definitely worth a try.
As above, having the 2nd attempt refused I didn't worry about screenshotting it (not that it means much in a court of law with photoshop etc) but in hindsight I should have video'd it on my phone.
You can't actually pick a date to declare SORN and you cannot backdate it either (that's how they make their fine money) however I did end up ringing them in the end (reluctantly) and they have admitted that they can see an application for SORN was made on 30/9/24 but that it failed (or rather their computer system ignored it because of internal politics regarding how they treat customers). Anyway they do admit that I attempted to notify them and that if i get a fine i can still appeal it. I'm not legally duty bound to appeal anything to clear my name of their wrongdoing that they've admitted to but they are duty bound to prove that I committed an offence and so if they do fine me we shall end up in the magistrates court where the media will be invited to witness it all.
This is the next post office IT scandal in the waiting.
You are legally responsible to notify them if you're putting your car off the road which I did. For some odd reason though on the DVLA website you have to 'apply' to notify them - and they have given themselves the right to decline your application, ignore it and then pursue you for money due to their office politics at a later date. This is not legal - they are chosing to ignore notifications while insisting that you must notify them.
Anyway my original question to plusnet remains, can you provide me with any http request confirmations for 30/9/2024 to the dvla / gov.uk websites SORN service?
