ULEZ map reveals boundary lines of expansion across London – is your area affected?

ULEZ is expanding on August 29 (Picture: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is being expanded in a matter of days by Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Ahead of the expansion, Mr Khan announced earlier this month that the ULEZ scrappage scheme is being opened up to all Londoners.

It comes after the mayor won a High Court challenge by several Greater London councils who opposed the plans.

The outer London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Harrow, and Hillingdon, along with Surrey County Council, opposed the planned extension to ULEZ, which will soon cover all of London’s boroughs.

The scheme’s lack of popularity was also blamed for Labour’s recent by-election loss.

Despite the controversy surrounding them, the plans are set to go ahead on August 29, 2023, in an attempt to greatly improve the capital’s air quality and discourage polluting vehicles.

Here’s a map of which areas will be affected by the scheme.

What is ULEZ?

ULEZ is a designated area in London where a fee is charged for driving the most polluting vehicles – typically older cars.

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A previous expansion helped the debt-ridden Transport for London (TfL) make over £100,000,000.

Hundreds of thousands of drivers across London face a daily charge of £12.50 every time they drive if their vehicle does not meet emission standards. 

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Drivers will not be charged if they are parked within an ultra-low emission zone or on days when they do not drive.

Transport for London (TfL) has estimated that on an average day, about 160,000 cars and 42,000 vans that use London’s roads would be liable for the fee.

The scheme is currently limited to all areas within the North and South Circular Roads, but Mr Khan plans to expand the scheme across the entirety of Greater London.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan plans to expand the scheme across the entirety of Greater London (Picture: PA)More: Trending

If the plans go ahead, ULEZ would cover the same area as the current Low Emission Zone, up to the Kent border and into Essex.

Sadiq Khan has been accused of providing ‘false and misleading’ information about a consultation over the planned ULEZ expansion.

The Mayor’s office is accused of lowering the level of opposition in the final count from 62% to 59%.

The expansion of the zone has been met with backlash (Picture: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock) New areas included in the planned August 2023 ULEZ expansion

Rishi Sunak has called on Sadiq Khan to scrap the planned ULEZ expansion after anger from Conservative MPs including David Simmons.

Vehicles are charged if they do not comply with the current European emission standards. This depends on how much nitrogen dioxide a vehicle omits.

For diesel cars and vans to avoid the charge they must generally have been registered from 2016, while most petrol models registered from 2006 are exempt.

Drivers can check the status of their vehicle on the TFL site and see if they need to pay by entering its registration number.

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