Vehicle tax class changed before the charge date
Your vehicle's official tax category — such as disabled, historic, or specialist — can affect whether a clean air zone charge applies to you. If your category changed before the date of the alleged charge, but the council or TfL's records still showed your old category, they may have charged you incorrectly. The category your vehicle actually held on the day of the alleged offence is what should count.
Legal basis
VERA 1994; CAZ/LEZ/ULEZ Charging Orders
How to identify this in your case
V5C shows tax class change preceding contravention, but enforcement system used old class.
Sample appeal wording
To: [TfL/Council] [ULEZ/CAZ/LEZ] Team Re: PCN [PCN_NUMBER] My vehicle's DVLA tax class changed to [disabled/historic/specialist] on [DATE_CHANGE], before the contravention date of [DATE_PCN]. V5C extract enclosed. Under the relevant Charging Order, vehicles in this class are exempt. The enforcement system has used outdated DVLA data. Please cancel and reconcile. Yours faithfully, [Keeper Name]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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- VERA 1994
- CAZ/LEZ/ULEZ Charging Orders