Council officials told a driver from Sussex that they would not receive any more Clean Air Zone fines in error - but only put a temporary block on their number plate for a couple of months. And now a formal complaint against Bristol City Council for the blunder has been upheld, and council chiefs have promised for a second time that the couple would no longer be bothered by penalty notices and fines from 140 miles away and a city they’ve only visited once.
But the respite might only be for a few years. Even though they promised never to bother Andrew and Fiona Robison again, Bristol City Council has had to tell them they are only exempt from the fines sent in error for three years - that is the maximum any vehicle in Britain can be flagged as exempt under the Clean Air Zone systems nationally.
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