Brand new registration number

[sfp]

If you want a reg. no. that doesn't exist can you ask DVLA to create it?

[mrmr96]

Don't think so, no.

[GTIR]

No.
What's issued by DVLA is final.

In other country's you can have what you like, as long as its not rude or already taken/similar to another one - Like "GTIR 1" and "GT1R 1" wouldn't be allowed, in Oz and sone states of the US, California for example.

[Warbbby]

Yes if it hasn't been issued previously and isn't rude but they won't sell it to you. You will have to bid at auction or maybe submit a tender for it.

[SnipsSt]

I bought a plate of my own choice in California for $36 (that may have been per year).

You can also choose from a selection of plate designs - though they're not a great selection, tbh.

The state of California is missing a trick as they should be charging much more.

The DVLA is missing a trick as they should allow any previously unregistered registration combo (within limits).

[GCH]

Mail the DVLA cherished transfer dept enquiring about it, and you may well find it comes up at auction at a later date.

[sue20]

The details are on their website. I think I'm right in saying that they'll email you to let you know when the number you're interested in is coming up for auction.

[B'stard Child]

GCH said:

Mail the DVLA cherished transfer dept enquiring about it, and you may well find it comes up at auction at a later date.

Yeah one I was interested in had never been issued and didn't fall into what anyone in DVLA would identify as a std cherished plate

They didn't notify me it was going to auction and it sold for £1500 or thereabouts

[sfp]

Thanks for the informative replies.

[talksthetalk]

If it is a registration that is a valid format and hasn't been registered already, and isn't too specialised, tap it in vlaregistrations.gov.uk for an instant price.

[James_P]

Warbbby said:

Yes if it hasn't been issued previously and isn't rude but they won't sell it to you. You will have to bid at auction or maybe submit a tender for it.

That's correct, I asked them for mine, 12 JAP, never previously issued and they put it in the next auction for me. Will dig out the email address I used later

[MadmanO/T People]

Greatest plate ever!

[Alfahorn]

I did this, my plate was not particularly special and I got it for £240 using the online auction. Had mine about 3 years now.

[Sportidge]

Warbbby said:

Yes if it hasn't been issued previously and isn't rude but they won't sell it to you. You will have to bid at auction or maybe submit a tender for it.

Just done this myself.

I emailed the DVLA asking if a particular number I'm interested in had been issued.

They emailed back to say it hadn't, and if I would like it to go to auction "subject to further checks" to let them know and they would let me know when it was placed in the auction.

I emailed back and I'm now just waiting for it to appear.

How long is anyones guess, though.....

[GuyGhibli]

Sportidge said:

I emailed back and I'm now just waiting for it to appear.

How long is anyones guess, though.....

The first plate I requested and they issued took about 12 months, the next very similar (roughly 10 and 2 years ago) first went through Public Auction and the second went "on-line auction".
They will tell you that you get notified if your plate is going to be sold, but they didn't for either - in fact there was a third plate that I requested but missed and was sold.

I'd recommend making the request over the phone and then subscribing to their auction email. If you haven't heard anything within 6 months, give them a call - they have been prepared to tell me my requested plate would be auctioned "at some stage in the future".
If a plate is has been issued previously, or, frustratingly, is in a series that has been issued, they will not re-issue it (this applies to dateless plates where the DVLA know which series were used but not always which actual plates were used and have been long-scrapped.

So if the series AAA1 to AAA999 were issued, but only up to AAA665, then they will not issue AAA666 or any other number in that series.

The Met used to produce a book (in theory just for Police use) that advised which series had been issued and when.


I have found requesting a plate from DVLA to be by FAR the cheapest way of getting a dateless plate that I would want.