School Street Exemptions

Eligible applicants

Exemptions are free of charge for eligible applicants; vehicle owners must provide their V5C vehicle logbook as proof of their vehicle registration details to receive an exemption. (Where eligible applicants drive a vehicle which is a lease car or a company car that does not belong to them, they will need to provide proof of the lease agreement or company car agreement showing the car registration information and their name and/or address).

The following vehicles will be exempt from the restrictions and permitted to enter or leave the school street during the operating times.

Automatic exemptions

The following vehicles are automatically exempt (and therefore don’t need to apply for an exemption):

• Emergency vehicles
• Council refuse/bin lorries
• Royal Mail post vehicles (but not Parcel Force deliveries)
• Utility companies (such as gas/electricity/water/telecommunications providers).

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).