You already paid the Clean Air Zone charge
Most Clean Air Zone (CAZ) daily charges can be paid from 6 days before to 6 days after your journey. If you paid the correct daily charge, for the date and the vehicle shown on the penalty charge notice (PCN) — that is, the fine — within that window, the PCN should be cancelled. Keep the payment receipt from the GOV.UK Clean Air Zone payment service showing the same date and number plate.
Legal basis
Clean Air Zone Charging Order (the local charging scheme order); Transport Act 2000 s.163
How to identify this in your case
Check for a payment receipt from the GOV.UK Clean Air Zone payment service for the same date as your journey and the same number plate as the vehicle on the PCN.
Sample appeal wording
formal
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
Beat It writes this argument automatically
Scan your PCN — our AI checks if this ground applies to your specific ticket, drafts a properly-cited appeal letter, and submits it to the council on your behalf. Only pay if you win.
Scan my ticketRelated 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