Clean Air Residents Fund Programme

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Thank you for your interest in the clean air residents’ grants scheme.

Due to unprecedented demand, all our clean air vehicle grants schemes are now closed to new applications.

If you have made a grant application, please do not upgrade/replace your vehicle until an offer of a grant is confirmed. Even if you meet the eligibility criteria, there may not be funds remaining to offer you a grant.

Applications are being processed in date order of receipt. Once all remaining funds are allocated, all other applications will be held on a waiting list or rejected.

Bradford district residents can apply for funding of up to £4,500 per eligible vehicle. The funding is to help residents upgrade their Light Goods Vehicles (LGVs) and minibuses to meet the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) standards.

Residents must be registered at an address within the Bradford Metropolitan District prior to 14 June 2023 and continuously up to the time of grant application. The resident must own a non-compliant vehicle registered to the same address from prior to 14 June 2023 and continuously up to the time of application. Your non-compliant vehicle must be in use ‘on the road’ i.e. the vehicle must be insured, taxed and have a valid MOT during the period above.

Grants are not available to any applicant who has already upgraded or bought a compliant vehicle. Grants cannot be awarded retrospectively.

Grants of up to £4,500 per vehicle cover:

  • the upgrade of non-compliant LGVs and minibuses to Clean Air Zone standards.
  • The purchase of a replacement Clean Air Zone complaint vehicle.

Grants of £4,500 per vehicle are also available for

  • the ongoing running costs of a fully electric vehicle (where owned or leased for a minimum of 2 years). The grant will be paid in 2 annual instalments.
For clarity, where this information refers to the Clean Air Zone vehicle standard, for LGV and minibuses, the standard is that the vehicle must be either Euro 6 diesel, Euro 4 petrol, Euro 4 petrol/LPG conversion, Euro 4 petrol/hybrid, fully electric or hydrogen fuel.

Businesses and organisations

Local companies (SMEs), Charities, Educational Establishments, Community Transport Operations and businesses classed as Small/Medium sized enterprises (including self-employed/sole traders) based within the Bradford Metropolitan District can apply for the using the current standard Clean Air LGV Fund Programme.

Please note: replacement vehicle grants are only available for ‘like for like’ replacements. N1 tax class vehicles must be replaced with an N1 class vehicle and M2 class vehicles must be replaced by an M2 class vehicle. Grants will be refused where a replacement vehicle does not meet these conditions.

Find out more about the Clean Air Zone: