Abandoned Vehicles

• Reporting an abandoned vehicle
• Reporting an untaxed vehicle
• Why it takes so long to get an abandoned vehicle removed
• Retrieving an abandoned vehicle

Reporting an abandoned vehicle

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Please use our Streetscene System to report an abandoned vehicle, or to chase progress of an earlier report.

Reporting an untaxed vehicle

If you wish to report an untaxed vehicle,contact:

Vehicle Registration Office (Untaxed Vehicle), Chester Road, Manchester, M32 0SL.

0800 032 5202

Why it takes so long to get an abandoned vehicle removed

There is a complicated legal procedure that must be precisely followed in the majority of cases. From start to finish this legal procedure can take 120 days, and it is prescribed by law, therefore there is nothing we can do to change it. The only time the procedure can be made to operate quicker is when the vehicle is not safe, or is a complete wreck.

Retrieving an abandoned vehicle

If your vehicle has been removed by Tameside MBC you can arrange to retrieve it by completing the Recovery of abandoned cars on-line form. On receipt of the form we will advise you of the costs involved and issue a release note.