ULEZ charge already paid for that day

You can pay the ULEZ daily charge up to 90 days before or 90 days after the day you drove in the zone, either through TfL's Auto Pay or a one-off payment. If you paid within that window for the exact date on the ticket, the penalty notice has been issued in error.

Legal basis

Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2313) regulation 13(3)(b) — representations that the charge "was paid at the time and in the manner required by the charging scheme" — with regulation 13(2) allowing 28 days from service; Greater London Authority Act 1999 Schedule 23; the Greater London LEZ/ULEZ Charging Order and TfL's published payment terms, which set the payment window.

How to identify this in your case

Recipient has TfL ULEZ payment confirmation for the same VRM and date within the 90-day window.

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.
The amount can change. Check what happens to the sum if you challenge — it may be held, re-offered lower, or keep rising, and fees or enforcement can continue meanwhile.
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: TfL ULEZ Team Re: PCN [PCN_NUMBER] — Vehicle [VRM] — [DATE] I paid the ULEZ daily charge for [DATE] via TfL on [DATE_PAID]. Receipt: [REF/AMOUNT/CARD]. Payment was within the 90-day window. The PCN is in error. Please cancel. Yours faithfully, [Driver Name] Enclosed: payment receipt

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ULEZ charge already paid for that day

Legal basis

How to identify this in your case

Sample appeal wording

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