proceduralUK · England & WalesDifficulty: easy
You Already Paid the Birmingham Clean Air Zone Charge
The Birmingham Clean Air Zone (CAZ) daily charge can be paid up to 6 days before or 6 days after your journey. If you paid within that window for the date in question, the penalty charge notice (PCN) — that is, the fine — should be cancelled automatically.
Legal basis
CAZ Charging Order; Transport Act 2000 s 163
How to identify this in your case
Driver has CAZ payment receipt (Government CAZ payment portal) showing the same date and VRM.
Sample appeal wording
To: Birmingham CAZ Team Re: PCN [PCN_NUMBER] — Vehicle [VRM] — [DATE] I paid the CAZ daily charge for [DATE] via the Government CAZ payment portal. Receipt: [REF/DATE/AMOUNT] enclosed. Payment was made [DATE_PAID], within the 6-day window permitted by the CAZ Charging Order. The PCN has been issued in error. Please cancel. Yours faithfully, [Driver Name] Enclosed: payment receipt
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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Scan my ticketSources
- Birmingham CAZ Charging Order
- Transport Act 2000 s 163
Related appeal grounds
- Aberdeen Clean Air Zone ticket issued too early
- Appealing a Scottish tribunal's legal error to a higher tribunal
- Attorney acting for keeper under Scottish power of attorney
- Bailiff acted without proper advance warning notice
- Bath CAZ — Sunset Period for Pre-Registered Commercial Vehicles
- Bay Obstructed or Too Small — Could Not Park Within the Bay Markings