So the rule as I understand is that once a registration mark has been decommissioned and the car scrapped the reg never gets resurrected.

 

Amidst all the chat about people loving their first cars etc, what about the number plate? My first reg was nothing special but I’d pay to have it for it’s sentimental value - pretty sure I’m not alone in that. Could probably help DVLA coffers too. So would it be really that hard for DVLA to leave reg marks dormant for a few years and then reintroduce them into circulation?

I agree, frustrating, isn’t it.  You would think that if DVLA have been properly advised that the vehicle has been scrapped, the number could be reissued.

 

I suppose one problem is with the thousands of ‘rare barn finds’ that appear regularly, that have never been SORNed or officially scrapped, and which still show the original plate.  Also cars that disappeared before DVLA had computerised records.  Simply to have a complete embargo then starts to make a bit of sense - from DVLA’s viewpoint anyway.

Valid - I guess phone numbers have always been better tracked, especially when mobile numbers started.

They could at least start using numbers that have been confirmed. Start with the known and all that. 

 

Oh well - big shame I reckon.