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SHEFFIELD CLEAN AIR ZONE RETROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT SCHEME NOW OPEN
The retrospective financial support scheme for Sheffield residents and businesses who have
already
upgraded their most-polluting vehicles is now live. The scheme is open to those who have already replaced a polluting vehicle, which would have been charged in the CAZ,
for a low
emissions vehicle. The vehicle must have
been
purchased after October 26, 2021 and before the launch of the retrospective scheme on May 9, 2023. Further details about the scheme, eligibility criteria, how much may
be available to an applicant and a breakdown of who is unable to apply for financial support can be found on the Sheffield City Council website:
https://bit.ly/44RivMF The retrospective scheme will be open to applications for a period of eight weeks and will close on Thursday 29 June at 11.59pm. Applications for the retrospective scheme will be treated on a first- come-first-served basis. Owners of older non-compliant vehicles, based in Sheffield and Rotherham, who have
yet to
upgrade their vehicle can still apply for financial support to
upgrade or replace a vehicle to meet CAZ standards here:
https://bit.ly/3LXtxHx To be eligible for support, applications must be submitted to and approved by the CAZ team prior to ordering or purchasing of the CAZ compliant vehicle. Local exemptions for LGVs and hackney carriages until June 2023 are ending soon. From Monday 5 June, charges will apply to enter the CAZ unless the vehicle is compliant or has an alternative exemption, e.g. has a compliant vehicle on order and is waiting delivery.
BRADFORD CLEAN AIR ZONE GENERATES £4.5 MILLION IN SIX MONTHS
Bradford’s CAZ has generated almost £4.5m in charges and fines since it became operational on 26 September. The charge applies to taxis, PHVs, lorries and vans that do not meet emission standards, but drivers of private cars and motorbikes do not need to pay. The daily fees for commercial vehicles entering the area range from £7 to £50 and those that do not pay can be fined £120 plus the original fee.
Some business owners have said it has caused confusion among customers and added to price rises. “It has had an impact in terms of it’s an increased cost which we have to pass on,” said Keith Wildman, who owns a city centre bar. He said it was not ideal given other rising costs and said one
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brewery had passed the charge for entering the CAZ directly to him adding 20p to a pint of beer. Mr Wildman said people visiting the city were often confused about whether they had to pay. “We’re all for clean air and all for a healthy lifestyle, there probably just needs to be a better thought out way where it doesn’t impact smaller businesses as much,” he added. Haulier Lesley O’Brien said her firm was lucky as its fleet complied with the required emission standards. “For operators who don’t have Euro Six vehicles it is a nightmare, it’s a cost.” She warned the zone could move the pollution and congestion elsewhere. Council figures to the end of March show it received £2,031,269 in
payments from vehicles entering the zone, of which it had paid the government £410,800 for the cost of services it provides. A further £2,468,218 was received from Penalty
Charge Notices
(PCN) associated with the zone. The council said 58,776 PCNs had been issued since September. A spokesperson said the govern- ment did not allow them to use the revenue generated by the scheme to fund normal council services. “Revenue from CAZ charges is mandated to be reinvested in further programmes in the district to reduce harmful emissions,” they said.
Those schemes could include further support for zero-emission buses and help for residents and businesses to upgrade vehicles.
JUNE 2023 PHTM
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