is it definitely a charge for you entering the ULEZ zone in your T6, and not for the Congestion Charge zone in the City / Prohibition charge for the Rotherhithe?
If your van is definitely Euro6 compliant (it sounds like it is) and it’s a fine from TfL saying you’re not Euro6 compliant (and the fine is for you driving your T6, not your T5.1, from the period where you informed DVLA of the plate changeover) then I’d personally let TfL attempt to prove it at court; the burden will be on them to prove you've broken the law, and your government issued V5C will show they’re incorrect.
It sounds like their website has conflicting details of your registration, issuing fines for what it thinks is your former van - which I’m guessing wasn’t ULEZ Euro6 compliant. Your logbook would show the error they are making.. providing it is correctly showing that you’ve put your private plate on the T6 now.
Maybe a scan / photograph of your T6 logbook showing the emissions data etc (with personal details redacted) will help us clarify, along with a scan / photocopy of these letters they’ve sent (again with your name and address redacted).
I contacted TfL about two motors of mine that were showing non-compatibility and they responded within a few weeks to tell me they had updated their database
www.t6forum.com
Here is there response to one of them:
Euro6 V5 correction issue
Hi guys first post so be gentle ,I've recently put a deposit down on aT6 to replace my 04 T5 really happy with van /seller everything checks out . As I live in Manchester and we have a ulez in some form incoming soon I was keen to have an eu6 van now it is eu6 has adblue and on all 3rd party...
A difference of opinions on my MH.....
Is motorway a legit site or one of these companies that charges you extra for government services you can get yourself for free or a fixed price?
when you finally get TFL to change/update their information on your van, request a letter or email confirming they have done the info update, from then on, just ignore every ulez fine that comes though the door, which they probably will send. I’ve had this battle with a 2019 van and private plate, eventually they get their act together, they are totally useless and incompetent, good luck.
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It’s coming!
Sheffield bringing in the Clean Air Zone
Seems Feb 2023 all non Euro 6 Vans will be charged £10 a day to enter Sheffield. Not sure if it is cheaper than my current Ad-Blu consumption. The list of clean air cities is growing so I wonder how long the T5 and early T6 models have got left..
Some folks are going to have difficulty with that...
(Actually I think Frank is nearer Oldham, amazing guy)
(Actually I think Frank is nearer Oldham, amazing guy)
Haha. That’s ULEZ compliant!
Bloody hell, I never thought to look it up but it is
I assume they just don't bother with Q plates and give them the benefit of the doubt.
Which, you know, may suggest certain ways around the system...
I have two historic vehicles and a 2018 Euro 6 crafter.
All were shown as being ULEZ non compliant until after the THIRD set of emails to TFL.
It took them three weeks to correct their database.
If you think that you are compliant, tell them and keep a record. After all it is got THEM to prove your non compliance.
If you get a notice of a fine, repeat your case, charge your costs at £25 per email and £50 per snail mail letter.
All were shown as being ULEZ non compliant until after the THIRD set of emails to TFL.
It took them three weeks to correct their database.
If you think that you are compliant, tell them and keep a record. After all it is got THEM to prove your non compliance.
If you get a notice of a fine, repeat your case, charge your costs at £25 per email and £50 per snail mail letter.
Update from my POV…..
I started with VW commercial and they confirmed my T6 was compliant but they couldn’t do anything directly. They then gave me the details of how to get a CoC from VW. That was the slow bit tbh……maybe 3 weeks in total.
Once the email came through with the CoC info I scanned my V5, the next day I got a paper copy from VW so scanned that as well. This morning I sent that off via TfL and attached the dcos and within 4-5 hours I got an email back stating it is compliant. I have a PDF letter similar to the ones on this post already and just now I did the number plate checker online and that’s updated too!
All in all - bit of an unnecessary process really as it should be easier but all done now and no charges for me - at the moment - which is the result it should be
I started with VW commercial and they confirmed my T6 was compliant but they couldn’t do anything directly. They then gave me the details of how to get a CoC from VW. That was the slow bit tbh……maybe 3 weeks in total.
Once the email came through with the CoC info I scanned my V5, the next day I got a paper copy from VW so scanned that as well. This morning I sent that off via TfL and attached the dcos and within 4-5 hours I got an email back stating it is compliant. I have a PDF letter similar to the ones on this post already and just now I did the number plate checker online and that’s updated too!
All in all - bit of an unnecessary process really as it should be easier but all done now and no charges for me - at the moment - which is the result it should be
Paid my first ULEZ fee today (Euro 5) for driving into LHR airport for 10 minutes at 30MPH. Feels a bit perverse when the aircraft using the airport are spewing noxious gases over the surround inhabitants and the developers almost got permission to increase airport capacity.
All part of the moneygoround.
Personally I wouldn’t live within 50 miles of London if I were given a house.
All part of the moneygoround.
Personally I wouldn’t live within 50 miles of London if I were given a house.
i can see the ULEZ spreading all over the country at some point. . . ( some of our family managed to get the £2000 scrappage payout which worked well for them, others have stuck with the Euro5 and are now being charged daily)
major city's first . . . then rural.
are they still pushing for a ban on internal combustion by 2030 odd? - cant see that happening myself. - maybe 2040/2050?
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the Bladerunner ***** are now cutting down ULEZ cam poles with battery angle grinders, . . . and TFL just put a mobile van on that road till the camera is replaced. . . . so you now have people in dinosaurs costumes blocking the mobile cams. . .
WTH is going on in this world.
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major city's first . . . then rural.
are they still pushing for a ban on internal combustion by 2030 odd? - cant see that happening myself. - maybe 2040/2050?
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the Bladerunner ***** are now cutting down ULEZ cam poles with battery angle grinders, . . . and TFL just put a mobile van on that road till the camera is replaced. . . . so you now have people in dinosaurs costumes blocking the mobile cams. . .
WTH is going on in this world.
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If they can't justify the London ULEZ extension without deceit and lies, then there is zero justification for rural ULEZ. Still won't stop them though.
No proposal to ban existing ICE vehicles... yet - just the purchase of new ones.
Khan!
