Vehicle SORN/parking problems

parking wars · 16 Dec 2023 at 15:37

' Help please. I SORN’d my vehicle about a year ago. Today I get a letter off dvla stating my vehicle is being used whilst it is SORN’d,, which is totally untrue because it won’t move as the battery is dead and can be seen with rust on the brake discs. The parking space is divided with a row of bricks from the road and I live in a cul-de-sac. (I will try to add a picture for you to see). I live in a housing assosiation too. So my question is, is this classed as a parking spot or part of the road if it’s got brick dividers separating it from the road?
I had a car lifted once about 12 years ago when it was SORN’d in a parking space over the road. When I told them they can’t take it coz it is SORN’d they said they can coz it hadn’t got a line of bricks seperating it from the main road thus being a bublic highway and not a separate parking area. This is why I made sure it had a partitioned area so I wouldn’t get caught out, but the DVLA seem to have sent this out. Any help would be gratefully received thanks
Ps.. does anyone know how to insert a picture on here from my photo album please?

Werewolf · 16 Dec 2023 at 15:59

I'll move this over to motors where hopefully you'll get more sensible answers than you're likely to see in general discussion.

JRS · 16 Dec 2023 at 16:06

@parking wars - If you go to imgur.com you could upload your photos there, then link to them on a post here.

Just how partitioned off from the road do you have the car?

LeeUK · 16 Dec 2023 at 16:35

If it was parked on private property then they should not have fined or clamped you.

tom_e · 16 Dec 2023 at 16:44

Sounds more like someone may have cloned your plates

Kenai · 16 Dec 2023 at 16:59

tom_e said:
Sounds more like someone may have cloned your plates

Indeed, if they've actually used the terminology 'being used'

Cyber-Mav · 17 Dec 2023 at 00:11

tom_e said:
Sounds more like someone may have cloned your plates

i thought this too but why clone plate of a sorned car? either way dvla should be able to provide some evidence of where it was last used.
wont be the first time dvla van with cameras has clocked a numberplate on someones driveway and issued out fines.

Haggisman · 17 Dec 2023 at 09:48

The line of bricks is irrelevant; anyone can put some bricks on the ground, it doesn't suddenly prevent it from being part of the road. Is the car on private land or not? (if it's a public parking bay at the side of the road then it's still part of the road)