Previously I've put personalised plates on retention with the DVLA and it's cost me £105 (£80 transfer fee and £25 for a year on retention). There was then no cost to put the plate on the new car.

 

However, I'm wondering if the rules have changed?

 

I'm looking at https://www.gov.uk/personalised-vehicle-registration-numbers/retaining-a-registration-number, which seems to suggest that it's now £80 for a retention certificate that lasts 10 years.

 

I can't obviously see from that if there's more to pay when I assign the plate back to a car.

 

Anyone done this recently and have more information than i currently do?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Steve

Mines in the post

Posted it over a week ago with a cheque for £105 which is the fee as far as I was aware at the time

Having said that they have yet to cash the cheque or respond so that's all I can tell ya

Well I expected £105.....

 

That page I linked says last updated 9th March 2015 - so perhaps it changed on Monday. If that is the case and there is no fee to put the reg on the new car, you're £25 down. If there is a fee, I could be £55 down (another £80 transfer fee less the £25 i expected for retention).

 

Either way, that's annoying for one of us, as clearly neither of us had any idea the rules were changing (assuming they have) and could presumably altered the date of the transaction to save money

I am confused, is it £80 to put on retention for 10years and then £80 to transfer each time you swap vehicles or is it £80 each way. It isn't very clear. No one unless for a child will keep a plate on retention for 10 years as you want it on the car.

 

In most cases people remove the plate before the sale of vehicle, so the old way was £105 (£80 + £25 1yr retention) now in the new way £80 10yr retention and then £80 to assign the plate?

My understanding of the new law was you pay the £80 transfer fee which also includes the 10 year retention certificate, so then in the next 10 years if u was to put the registration onto a vehicle you would send the filled in document with your v5c,

Then when it comes to removing the registration off the vehicle again u will pay £80 transfer fee which again will include 10 year retention ?

That's what I made out of reading the link

Edited 11 March, 201511 yr by DanialA11

I am confused, is it £80 to put on retention for 10years and then £80 to transfer each time you swap vehicles or is it £80 each way. It isn't very clear. No one unless for a child will keep a plate on retention for 10 years as you want it on the car.

 

You say that, but i had a plate on retention for about 3 years while i have a company car

 

In most cases people remove the plate before the sale of vehicle, so the old way was £105 (£80 + £25 1yr retention) now in the new way £80 10yr retention and then £80 to assign the plate?

 

Yes - that's what i couldn't work out

 

My understanding of the new law was you pay the £80 transfer fee which also includes the 10 year retention certificate, so then in the next 10 years if u was to put the registration onto a vehicle you would send the filled in document with your v5c,

Then when it comes to removing the registration off the vehicle again u will pay £80 transfer fee which again will include 10 year retention ?

That's what I made out of reading the link

 

So what you're saying is that there is no retention as a "separate item" anymore. I'd pay £80 to transfer the plate off the car, and i could assign it to a new car immediately or up to 10 years after. Each time the plate moves off a car, there's an £80 charge?

 

That's the way I'm starting to think now also. Have read and re-read it, it suggests on https://www.gov.uk/personalised-vehicle-registration-numbers/assigning-a-personalised-number-to-a-vehicle that to assign the plate, you just need the retention certificate. It only mentions paying money if you're taxing the car at the same time

 

I hope that's true - because that just saved me £25 (which admittedly is nothing in the £10,000 I've just spent on the new car but.....)

 

Oh well, I guess I have to do it anyway, so I'll send off the £80, get the certificate and see what happens....

Edited 12 March, 201511 yr by sdenny

And in rummaging around to find more info I stumbled across this: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/300422/Strategic_Plan_2014.pdf

 

It says:

 

2. Further digitise services we offer and drive user take-up. Launch initiatives/services that support the government digital strategy:
2.1 View driving record – provide customer access to view their driver record online - June 2014
2.2 Vehicle management – provide the customer with a digital channel to allow them to update their vehicle record - March 2015
2.3 Personalised registration – provide the customer with a digital channel to manage their personalised registration/s - March 2015
By March 2015 increase digital take-up of services:
2.4 Vehicle licensing to 65%
2.5 Driver licensing to 37%

 

So it's all going online (point 2.3) this month apparently. I'll believe that when i see it, but bring it on. I've always thought transferring plates was far more difficult/took longer than it should be

I am thinking flat rate £80 for either option so looking like a £25 saving.

Got me new v5 today so am going out for new plates

They still haven't cashed my cheque yet tho

Watch this space it seems!

It recently cost me £105 all in to retain and transfer the plate. I found the retention/transfer forms were unclear ref £25 to assign the plate.If correct the 10 yr retention has changed since Jan 15. If true, it's a huge reduction in cost and loss of revenue for HM Govt.

£105 is only for a year now. Then £25 per year up to 3 years.

They cannot be on retention for more than 3 years it would appear.

I just put mine on retention for two years

Mines in the post

Posted it over a week ago with a cheque for £105 which is the fee as far as I was aware at the time

Having said that they have yet to cash the cheque or respond so that's all I can tell ya

Me too

Waiting and waiting

Two weeks nearly now