Bradford CAZ — Hackney Carriage Pre-Conversion Grant Sunset

Bradford CAZ provided grants and sunset exemptions for licensed Hackney carriages and PHVs to convert/replace pre-Sept 2022. Drivers within the sunset period or with pending grant applications should be exempt.

Legal basis

Bradford CAZ Vehicle Replacement Scheme; Bradford CAZ Order

How to identify this in your case

Licensed taxi/PHV with documentary evidence of grant application, replacement order or sunset eligibility.

Sample appeal wording

Before you send this

Deadline. A late submission can be turned down without your argument being read. Check your notice for the deadline and how it is counted.
Paying may end it. Paying can count as accepting the notice and can close a challenge already under way. Part-paying or acknowledging an old debt can also revive a time limit that had expired.
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Use the official route. Use the method, recipient and form your notice specifies, with any reference, evidence and signature it asks for. Sent elsewhere, it may not count.
Only say what is true. Do not copy any statement of fact unless it is true for you, and check the legal point still applies. Delete what does not fit. It may be treated as your statement.
Careful what you volunteer. Avoid unnecessary admissions — naming the driver or accepting responsibility can remove arguments. But answer anything you are legally required to answer, and do include the evidence your ground needs.
Keep the record. Keep what you sent, the attachments, any receipt, and the reply. Note the next deadline.

Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at. Replace the bracketed prompts with your own details; leave any case citation as it is.

To: Bradford CAZ Team Re: CAZ PCN [PCN_NUMBER] I am the licensed driver/owner of [taxi/PHV licensed by [AUTHORITY]]. I have a pending Bradford CAZ Vehicle Replacement grant application (ref [REF]) / I am within the sunset period for licensed Hackney carriages. Under the Bradford CAZ Vehicle Replacement Scheme, I am exempt from charges during this period. Please cancel. Yours faithfully, [Driver Name]

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Bradford CAZ — Hackney Carriage Pre-Conversion Grant Sunset

Legal basis

How to identify this in your case

Sample appeal wording

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