Bradford Clean Air Zone

The charge is £7 for taxis and Private Hire Vehicles. Non-compliant LGVs and minibuses will pay £9 and HGVs, buses and coaches will pay £50 per day. Private cars or motorcycles are exempt from this charge.

Yes, the zone went live on 26 September 2022. You can check exemption and pay in Caura.

The Bradford Clean Air Zone is a chargeable zone where certain non-compliant vehicles will be required to pay a fee to enter. This is part of a larger national scheme to reduce air pollution in cities in the UK. You can read more about the Bradford CAZ on our Bradford CAZ page.

Ultra low emission vehicles are exempt automatically. There are quite a few other exemptions. If you think your vehicle qualifies, apply on the Bradford council website with supporting evidence.

Caura charges no additional fee to pay for the Bradford CAZ, or to make any other transaction via the app. We don’t take any of the money for your payment and once it’s made it goes straight to the end provider.

If you’ve paid for the wrong day, unfortunately we aren’t able to offer you a refund. Caura doesn’t take any of the money for your payment and once it’s made, it goes straight to the end provider. We’re unable to recover funds so we aren’t able to offer a refund.

The charges apply 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round.

You can view any payments you’ve made by going to the History tab in Caura. Tap on any payment in the list to view more detail. From there, you can even export a receipt to your email.

The zone includes everything inside Bradford’s outer ring road, as well as the Aire Valley Corridor, Manningham Lane, Bradford Road, Canal Road, Shipley and Saltaire. You can view a map of the zone on our Bradford CAZ page.

You’ll get a £120 Penalty Charge Notice if you don’t pay for your Clean Air Zone charge. You can reduce this fine to £60 if you pay it within 14 days.

As you drive towards the outer ring road, you'll see CAZ signs. They show the letter C, which is the zone's class.