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Clean Air Zone to launch from February and financial support measures roll out date confirmed

Sheffield’s Clean Air Zone will launch on February 27, 2023, with the roll out of financial support measures starting from December 12, 2022.

From Monday, February 27, 2023 the Class C Clean Air Zone will begin charging noncompliant vehicles. upgrade to cleaner vehicles. The financial support measures will be available in the form of a grant, an interest subsidised loan or a mix of the two, details of the financial support packages will be available on the Sheffield City Council Clean Air Zone website Monday, December 12, 2022.

Charges will apply to the following vehicle types that do not meet the minimum standards when entering the Clean Air Zone boundary:

• Taxis, including both hackney carriages and private hire vehicles, which are below Euro 6

Diesel or Euro 4 Petrol standards • Light goods vehicles (LGVS) such as vans, campervans and pickup trucks and minibuses which are below Euro 6 Diesel or Euro 4 Petrol standards • Buses and coaches which are below Euro 6 Diesel standards • Heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) which are below

Euro 6 Diesel standards

In light of the cost-of-living crisis, the potential incoming changes to taxi licensing in Sheffield, the current difficulties with buying a compliant LGV and volume of LGV applications expected to be processed, the Council has negotiated with Government to deliver additional temporary local exemptions from charges until June 5, 2023 for both local Hackney Carriage taxis and LGVs. Private cars will not be charged.

Financial support launch date

From December 12, 2022, financial support to assist those affected by the charges will be launched. Eligible businesses and residents may be able to apply for financial support to

More information on the range of local exemptions available will also be launched on the Clean Air Zone website on December 12.

Cllr Julie Grocutt, Co-Chair of the Transport Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee, said: “The Clean Air Zone is a necessary intervention to protect current and future generations in our city from the effects of exposure to NO2 emissions. While we are legally mandated by Government to introduce it, it is a scheme we completely support. We are committed to doing all we can to limit the public health implications such as permanent damage to children’s lungs, strokes, lung cancer and cardiovascular disease. We cannot ignore these damaging effects and must implement important schemes such as the Clean Air Zone for the benefit of our city. “We understand that this scheme will affect people and businesses in a variety of ways and we have successfully pressed Government for extra financial support in an effort to support Sheffielders to make this transition, recognising the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on our city. As a result, we have secured one of the best financial packages of any local authority.”

DonCAster’s new City nAme is City of DonCAster

Doncaster councillors have this week supported the place’s new name following a royal visit to confer city status. City of Doncaster has been confirmed as the borough’s new name at a Full Council

meeting. This name has been supported by more than 60 per cent of people who preferred Doncaster to become City of Doncaster, according to a naming survey. The survey led by Team Doncaster shows that 62 per cent of people who responded, wanted the whole of Doncaster to be called City of Doncaster after the borough was named as one of eight places in the country to be granted city status as part of the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations earlier this year. Doncaster became a city earlier this month and Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort visited Doncaster last week to officially confer the status and bestow a letters patent which is an official scroll. Thousands of local people and businesses took part in the naming exercise with nearly 12,500 responses. The exercise led by Doncaster Chamber on behalf of Team Doncaster, which is made up of public, private, voluntary and community sectors and oversees the delivery and achievements of the Doncaster Delivering Together Borough Strategy, was made available online and in local libraries over the summer. Mayor Ros Jones said: “I am grateful to everyone who has taken the time to take part. Becoming a city is such a momentous and historic moment for Doncaster and we want to have a name that we can all support and get behind. We are delighted to have been one of the eight places in the country to have been given this royal honour. It was such an amazing day in our long history when we welcomed The King and The Queen Consort to the Mansion House and gave them a truly fabulous Doncaster and Yorkshire welcome.” Doncaster Council will also change its name from January 2023 to City of Doncaster Council (CDC). The first use of this will be seen on digital sites such as My Doncaster website and social media channels. There are no plans to undertake a wholesale rebrand of the council. The new brand will be used as and when replacements or changes are needed over time.