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DVLA and reclassifying a converted campervan
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Oh ye of little faith, new V5 received yesterday all good and within 10 days.
Nice - I might consider taking this route, but the whole idea of "motor caravan graphics" fills me with horror. How did you get round this ( I don't mind something temporary that (ahem) unfortunately falls off the first time it rains but just after I take some photos.)
Is it the ‘D5 Body Type’ part on the V5 you get changed (mine says Motor Caravan already) but the taxation class says ‘Light Goods Vehicle’.
This is how mine reads now D5 Body Type Motor Caravan Taxation Class Light Goods Vehicle.
Previously it read D5 Body Type Panel Van and Taxation Class Light Goods Vehicle.
So you are OK.
Photos it would seem are important both exterior and interior re the decals my a Leisuredrive conversion (photo) I sent in 8 photos altogether and also of importance a chassis number photo on mine it's on the driver side B pillar.
This is interesting - vans like yours were getting rejected continuously, maybe all the complaints to/at DVLA have borne fruit at last. My high top was "motor caravanned" in December 2018 but by April 2019 they were getting rejected totally. I know that the industry complained loudly and people contacted their Members of Parliament so they may have relaxed their blanket block.
Hi tops have been getting knocked back. Vans that tick every single box on the sheet have been getting knocked back without explanation.
Until now, it would seem.
It's possible as OBG reckons, that the backlash this has caused has finally had someone in authority kick the DVLA into touch, but we won't know for sure until they're consistently being accepted.
There are examples of hi tops being knocked back and when people have complained they've been told it wasn't high enough! Presumably they were lower profile tops, but there was nothing on the checklist mandating a minimum height.
Perhaps there has been an outbreak of common sense at the DVLA?
Perhaps there has been an outbreak of common sense at the DVLA?
I can't see that happening anytime soon .
2022
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I've always been of the opinion that the DVLA acted beyond their statutory powers when they changed the reclassification rules.
In conjunction with the police, they came up with some claptrap about "Body Type must reflect a vehicle's external appearance", which was (is) obviously BS as we now have a situation where a Cali is classified as a Motor Caravan, but a VISIBLY IDENTICAL converted van is classified as a Van with Windows. Besides which, in changing the rules, they effectively contradicted the legal definition of a Motor Caravan.
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