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Clean Air Zones - Update
The first Clean Air Zone setup in London expanded on 25th October 2021 to include areas inside of the North Circular Road (A406) and South Circular Road (A205), but these roads are not included in the zone. The PHEV 100% exemption has also been withdrawn.
Outside of London, Bath City centre has imposed a Class C (see below for classification table) Clean Air Zone since 15th March 2021.
If you deliver into city centres then Clean Air Zones will need to be factored into either your delivery costs, (Bath CAZ charges £100/day for an HGV to enter the zone) or into the cost of replacing your fleet with lower emission or emission free vehicles.
It is therefore likely that many companies will operate mixed fleets for quite some time as vehicles are replaced, so choosing the correct vehicle for deliveries into Clean Air Zones will become vitally important to ensure that charges are kept to a minimum. Once the parameters of your vehicles are entered into Descartes’ routing software it will automatically select the best vehicle from your fleet when scheduling deliveries within clean air zones.
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The following cities are now expected to introduce their own Clean Air Zones in the near future:
| Birmingham | 1st June 2021 | Class D |
| Bristol | Delayed until Summer 2022 | Small area of Class D |
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London ULEZ expanded Zone |
25th October 2021 | Area inside, but excluding the north & south Circulars |
| Bradford | October 2021 | Class C |
| Leicester | Summer 2021 | Class B |
| Manchester | May 2022 | Class A -C new roads included |
| Newcastle | Delayed until July 2022 | ? |
| Portsmouth | 29th November 2021 |
Class B non-compliant HGVs, buses and coaches will be charged £50 a day. |
| Rotherham & Sheffield | On Hold | Class C |
Other cities that may follow with Clean Air Zones are:
| Cambridge | ||
| Liverpool | Plans on Hold | |
| Oxford | August 2021 | Zero Emmission Zone (ZEZ) |
| Southampton | Operational | Non Charging |
| Sefton | TBC | |
| St Albans | TBC | |
| Warrington | TBC | |
| Wokingham | TBC | |
| York | 2021 | Class A |
Scotland
| Glasgow | Feb - May 2022 | |
| Edinburgh | Feb - May 2022 | |
| Aberdeen | Feb - May 2022 | |
| Dundee | Feb - May 2022 |
Wales
CAZ's are being considered for a number of towns
| Cardiff | Definately Not | Recently ruled out a CAZ |
Clean Air Zone Classifications
- Class A - Buses, coaches, taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs)
- Class B - Buses, coaches, taxis, PHVs and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs)
- Class C - Buses, coaches, taxis, PHVs, HGVs and light goods vehicles (LGVs)
- Class D, Buses, coaches, taxis, PHVs, HGVs LGVs and cars.
Though Euro VI compliant Buses, coaches, taxis, PHVs, HGVs, Euro VI diesel Cars and Euro IV Petrol cars are exempt from all charges.
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