November/December Issue 59 - Flipbook - Page 12
NEWS
BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL CLEAN AIR ZONE – RECOVERY
VEHICLE EXEMPTIONS
Birmingham City Council will
be introducing a Clean Air Zone
on all roads within the A4540
Ring Road (but not the ring road
itself) on 1st June 2021.
After this date, all vehicles that
do not meet the compliance
standards will have to pay a daily
charge to enter the zone. The zone
will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week, 365 days a year. Further
information on the operation of
the zone and a map showing
the boundary can be found at
https://www.brumbreathes.co.uk/
welcome-to-brum-breathes.
Many
months
of
detailed
discussions between AVRO and
Birmingham City Council have
come to fruition and as a result,
Birmingham City Council have
agreed to an exemption for recovery
vehicles from the Clean Air Zone.
Birmingham City Council have
now launched their application
process with a dedicated webpage
for recovery operators.
How to apply:
Eligibility:
contact you directly through email
To prove your eligibility for the correspondence.
Clean Air Zone exemption you will
need to provide the following as I am sure you will agree this is a real
achievement for not only AVRO
part of your application:
members, but the wider industry
• V5C: You will need to supply and with it comes recognition that
the V5C for each non-compliant we hope to see recognised within
vehicle. The V5C will need to all authorities who are currently
show the relevant tax class of considering or have already
the vehicle – usually displayed implemented Clean Air Zones.
on the inside page of the
document.
AVRO will continue to work hard
and lobby local authorities and
indeed Governments to follow the
lead of Birmingham City Council
who have applied a common
sense approach and recognised
the vital role of the roadside
LOLER Certificate: You must recovery industry and our thanks
provide the certificate for the go out to Birmingham City Council
current year.
and their representatives for their
professional approach to this
Further Information:
matter.
If you require assistance with
your application, you can contact If you need any further information,
the Clean Air Zone team via the please do not hesitate to contact
email
cleanair@birmingham. the AVRO Office on 01788 572850
gov.uk Whilst processing your or e-mail sara@avrouk.com.
application if they require further
information from you, they will
The exemption application can
•
be made online by visiting the
following website:
https://www.brumbreathes.co.uk/
info/5/exemptions-additionalsupport/21/apply-exemption/9
•
You will be required to set up an
online account in order to apply.
It is important to stress that you
only need to apply for vehicles
which are not already Euro 6
specification – to check this, you
can visit the following .gov website
to confirm your vehicle status:
https://www.gov.uk/check-cleanair-zone-charge
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Insurance: This must be
the most recent insurance
document showing the vehicle
is used as a recovery vehicle.
