School Street Exemptions

School Street Exemptions

The following vehicles will be exempt from the restrictions and permitted to enter or leave the school street during the operating times. Exemptions will be free of charge and drivers must provide their registration details to receive an exemption. Details will be shared soon on how to apply for exemption.

• Residents
• Blue Badge holders – parents/carers/children dropping off and picking up their children
• School transport providers
• Carers and healthcare workers who provide care/support to residents within the School Street

The School Street scheme should not affect how you receive your care and therefore the help provided to you is exempt from the scheme. Designated and voluntary carers, including NHS key workers of residents living within the School Street can access the zone where necessary to facilitate caring work.  So that an exemption can be assigned the individual or a representative of the organisation they represent should apply for an exemption. 

Exemptions are also assigned to informal carers (often family members) enabling them to continue to care for a resident as they normally would. When applying, we ask that a carers exemption application form (complete with the name and address of the resident who requires care) is completed by the individual acting as an informal carer. 

The form should also be accompanied by proof of the resident’s address and a copy of the carers V5C and a letter or email from the residents GP confirming that they require care. We accept the following as proof of address:

• Council tax demand for the last 12 month period
• Rent agreement for the last 12 month period
• A solicitor’s letter showing the house purchase completion date
• A utility bill dated within 2 months and showing the residents name and address
• Drivers license clearly showing name and address.

Automatic exemptions

The following vehicles are automatically exempt:

• Emergency vehicles
• Refuse bin lorries
• Royal Mail vehicles
• Utility companies (statutory undertakers)

 An Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera will be installed on the street to check the vehicles that enter and exit during the period of operation.  Vehicles entering the School Street Zone during its operational hours without a registered exemption will receive a penalty charge notice (PCN). For the first 6 months of operation a letter of warning will be issued to non-exempt vehicles entering the School Street zone during times of operation, if they repeat the offence a second time, a penalty notice of £70 will be issued (£35 if paid within 21 days).

Deliveries

Deliveries will need to happen outside of the school street-controlled times, meaning all delivery vehicles will have to abide by the restrictions and will NOT be Exempt from receiving a PCN.  

We ask residents to schedule deliveries to arrive outside the restricted times. 

However, in the following circumstances, a Temporary Exemption can be granted by using our online exemption form 

• Planned tradesperson/contractors serving properties within the School Street
• Contractors for properties moving from/into the School Street
• Emergency deliveries (i.e. refrigerated or timed medication)

Applications for a temporary exemption must be made before 4pm the day before access is required (if this falls on a Monday, applications must be received by 4pm the previous Friday).

Proof of eligibility can include an invoice or job schedule to confirm delivery time and address. 

Details will be shared soon on how to apply for temporary exemption