CAZ Sheffield education exemption

24 February 2023

The CPT have recently released details about a change to the CAZ in Sheffield following representations made at the recent operator meeting with Sheffield City Council on 30 January 2023. The outcome is that the education exemption has been amended to include educational trips travelling through the zone.

A number of operators had highlighted that the stipulation that said that only trips to and from a location within the Clean Air Zone would be exempt, was not sufficient as it would not accommodate trips to locations outside the Clean Air Zone but where a journey needed to pass through the Clean Air Zone, in particular, the inner ring road.

The Council has considered this further and as a result, the exemption rules for this local exemption are being changed to allow direct education school trips that travel to, from or through the Clean Air Zone. More details can be found on the attached sheet which the CPT have shared with us here.

If you are a CPT member, please contact Andrew.mcguiness@cpt-uk.org for further information. The Dispute Resolution Team at Backhouse Jones are offering a free initial telephone consultation on CAZ issues, so please contact libby.pritchard@backhouses.co.uk if you would like to speak.