Clean Air Zone

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Clean Air Zone
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Clean Air Zone traffic sign symbol
LocationSee § List of Clean Air Zones
Launched5 March 2021 (in Bath) [1]

A Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is an area in the United Kingdom where targeted action is taken to improve air quality. [2] A CAZ can be non-charging or charging.[ citation needed ]

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Whether a vehicle is charged when entering or moving through a CAZ depends on the type of vehicle and the Euro standard of the vehicle. The amount charged is up to the local authority responsible for the CAZ. Ultra-low-emission vehicles are not charged when entering or moving through a Clean Air Zone.

Classes of charging Clean Air Zone

ClassVehicle Euro Category Charge applies to vehicles
below this Euro standard
UK traffic sign S68a.svg UK traffic sign symbol S25 - Left.svg Bus [a]
UK traffic sign symbol S25 - Left.svg Coach [a] 		M3Euro VI
Taxi - The Noun Project.svg Taxi and private hireM2, M1Euro 6 (diesel)
Euro 4 (petrol)
UK traffic sign S68b.svg UK traffic sign symbol S25 - Left.svg Bus [a]
UK traffic sign symbol S25 - Left.svg Coach [a] 		M3Euro VI
UK traffic sign symbol S32.svg Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) [b] N2, N3
Taxi - The Noun Project.svg Taxi and private hireM2, M1Euro 6 (diesel)
Euro 4 (petrol)
UK traffic sign S68c.svg UK traffic sign symbol S25 - Left.svg Bus [a]
UK traffic sign symbol S25 - Left.svg Coach [a] 		M3Euro VI
UK traffic sign symbol S32.svg Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) [b] N2, N3
Taxi - The Noun Project.svg Taxi and private hireM2, M1Euro 6 (diesel)
Euro 4 (petrol)
Shuttle Bus Pictogram.svg Minibus [c] M2
Truck Pictogram.svg Light goods vehicle (LGV) [d] N1
UK traffic sign S68d.svg UK traffic sign symbol S25 - Left.svg Bus [a]
UK traffic sign symbol S25 - Left.svg Coach [a] 		M3Euro VI
UK traffic sign symbol S32.svg Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) [b] N2,N3
Shuttle Bus Pictogram.svg Minibus [c] M2Euro 6 (diesel)
Euro 4 (petrol)
Truck Pictogram.svg Light goods vehicle (LGV) [d] N1
Taxi - The Noun Project.svg Taxi and private hireM1
UK traffic sign symbol S16.svg Private cars
UK traffic sign symbol S23.svg Motorcycles (optional)
Sinnbild Mofa.svg Mopeds (optional)		—Euro 3

List of Clean Air Zones

RegionTypeDate of implementationScopeNotesReferences
Bath Class C15 March 2021 [1] A wide central areaReduced nitrogen dioxide levels by 26% in 2022/2023, meeting legal standards. [3] [4]
Birmingham Class D1 June 2021All the roads within but not including the A4540 Ring Road [5] [6]
Bradford Class C+September 2022The area inside and including the Bradford outer ring road, extending to Shipley and Saltaire. [7]
Bristol Class D28 November 2022A wide central area extending the North Somerset boundary, including the main route between Wales and Bristol Airport.Originally planned as class B with additional diesel vehicle ban in parts of city centre between 07:00 and 15:00. Changed to class D due to government rejection. [8] [9]
Derby Non-charging2020Traffic management measures on Stafford Street [10]
Greater Manchester Class BAll local roads in the countyTaxis and private hire vehicles registered within county exempt for first 12 months. Under review. [11] [12] [13]
Leeds Class BCity centreAll roads within the boundary of the A61 and A63. Plans postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in England. [14] [15]
Leicester Class APlans scrapped. [16]
Newcastle Class CJuly 2022City centre [17]
Nottingham Non-charging2020Retrofitting buses, regulating taxis, converting council-owned vehicles [18]
Portsmouth Class B29 November 2021City centre area excluding port and naval base [19]
Sheffield Class C27 February 2023Inner ring road and the city centre [20]
Southampton Non-charging2020Retrofitting buses, regulating taxis, cleaner fuels and equipment at Southampton's port, cycling infrastructure [21]

Other emission zones

Other LEZ in the UK
RegionTypeStart dateScopeNotes/references
London LEZ 2008Covers HGVs and buses around the

Greater London area

London ULEZ 2019 (expanded in

2021 and 2023) [e]

Covers all other vehicles in the same

area as the LEZ

Oxford ZEZ 2022Covers all non-electric vehicles in the city centre.

Operational 07:00 to 19:00 including Sundays

 [f]
Glasgow LEZ 2018 (expanded to

cars in 2023)

Covers the city centre [g]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) more than 5,000 kilograms (5.0 t) and carries 8 or more passengers.
  2. 1 2 3 Goods vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) over 3,500 kilograms (3.5 t).
  3. 1 2 Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) less than 5,000 kilograms (5.0 t) and carries 8 or more passengers.
  4. 1 2 Goods vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) under 3,500 kilograms (3.5 t).
  5. ↑ the initial ULEZ covered the same area as the congestion charge zone before expanding to cover the areas within (but not including) the A406/A205 in 2021. This was later expanded to cover the same area as the LEZ in 2023
  6. ↑ First zero emission zone in the UK
  7. ↑ Unlike other LEZ/CAZ schemes, non-complaint vehicles cannot pay to enter Glasgow's LEZ and will be fined £60. [22]

References

  1. 1 2 Bath's Clean Air Zone: Annual report summary 2021 (PDF). Bath: Bath & North East Somerset Council. 16 June 2022. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Clean Air Zone Framework" (PDF). DEFRA and DfT. May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bath's Clean Air Zone". Bath and North East Somerset Council.
  4. ↑ Barltrop, Paul (25 August 2023). "Bath air quality improves since introduction of clean air zone". BBC News. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "A clean air zone for Birmingham". Birmingham City Council.
  6. ↑ "Clean Air Zone timing and charges | A clean air zone for Birmingham | Birmingham City Council".
  7. ↑ "Bradford Clean Air Zone to start in January 2022". BBC News. 2 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Cork, Tristan (6 July 2022). "Clean Air Zone start date finally announced". Bristol Post. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Rob. "CHARGES". Clean Air for Bristol. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Derby submit Outline Business Case to government which confirms no CAZ". Air Quality News. 5 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan proposals". Clean Air GM.
  12. ↑ "Greater Manchester delays CAZ until 2022". Air Quality News. 21 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "GMCA 210621 Report Clean Air Plan" (PDF). GMCA. 25 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Air Quality". Leeds City Council.
  15. ↑ "Leeds Clean Air Zone suspended for the foreseeable future". Air Quality News. 19 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "Leicester CAZ plans scrapped". Air Quality News. 6 April 2021.
  17. ↑ "Latest delays to Newcastle Clean Air Zone pollution tolls 'condemning more of us to early deaths'". The Northern Echo. 26 July 2021.
  18. ↑ "GClean air zone proposals". Sheffield City Council.
  19. ↑ "Charging Clean Air Zone". Portsmouth City Council.
  20. ↑ "Clean air zone proposals". Sheffield City Council.
  21. ↑ "Clean Air Update". Southampton City Countil. January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  22. ↑ "Glasgow's Low Emission Zone". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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