ULEZ scrappage scheme to end on this date as only 40% of applications accepted

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that its ULEZ scrappage scheme is to end, with drivers given a deadline by which to ask for funds. Officials have provided cash to help Londoners pay to scrap or retrofit their non-compliant vehicles.

The £12.50 charge zone was expanded to include Outer London on August 29 last year. TfL has raised more than £220 million since then.

The proposed deadline for new applications is 11.59pm on September 7. Any application made before the proposed deadline is 'guaranteed to be processed'.

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Bosses say, since the scrappage scheme opened more than 18 months ago, 53,944 applications have been approved, with £186,089,700 allocated in total.

This includes 36,008 Londoners who have had their application approved to scrap their non-compliant car or motorcycle, totalling £69,502,200 in grants, and 17,936 applications approved to scrap or retrofit a van or minibus, totalling £116,587,500 in grants.

Of these, 232 charities had their applications approved, totalling £1,716,500 in grants, and 17,704 small businesses, including sole traders, have had their applications approved, totalling £114,871,000 in grants. These figures include more than 330 vehicles donated to Ukraine.

Only 40 per cent of applications accepted

The latest data states that 53,944 out of 136,201 applications (39.6 per cent) have been accepted. In February, MyLondon reported that only 46,616 out of 115,246 applications for grants from City Hall's ULEZ scrappage scheme (59.5 per cent) had been approved.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: "I am proud that the scrappage scheme - the biggest in the UK - has supported so many Londoners to switch to cleaner, greener vehicles. ULEZ compliance has now reached more than 96 per cent, bringing cleaner air to millions of Londoners.

"I’m also pleased that after the huge success of the Ukraine scheme, I’m planning to provide additional funding so that vehicles can continue to be donated to the country once the scrappage scheme closes. I remain committed to taking world-leading action to improve London's air quality and encourage sustainable transport."

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