Birmingham Clean Air Zone

Cars, vans (light goods vehicles) and taxis pay £8 a day. Coaches, buses and HGVs pay £50 a day.

Yes, it’s been in place since June 2021.

A zone, covering central Birmingham, that drivers of more polluting vehicles must pay a charge to drive within. You can read more about the Birmingham CAZ on our Birmingham CAZ page.

If your vehicle meets the emission standards, the app tells you it's exempt and you don't need to pay. Many other vehicles are exempt too: commercial, specialist, ultra-low emission, retro-fitted, certain types of agricultural vehicles, community, school, disabled passenger tax class 85, historic, military and visitors to certain medical centres. Residents and workers may also apply for an exempt status.

Caura charges no additional fee to pay for Birmingham CAZ, or to make any other transaction via the app. We don’t take any of the money for your payment and once it’s made it goes straight to the end provider.

As you drive towards Birmingham, you'll see CAZ signs in prominent places around the A4540 Middleway. If you don't want to enter the zone, this is the time to find another route. Check your route to know whether you drove inside the zone.

Download Caura and find Birmingham CAZ under City Charges, where you can pay for today, yesterday or tomorrow. You can pay up to six days before or after on the Birmingham CAZ website.

If you’ve paid for the wrong day, unfortunately we aren’t able to offer a refund. We don’t take any of the money for your payment and once it’s made it goes straight to the end provider. We’re unable to recover funds so we aren’t able to offer a refund.

The charges apply all day, every day.

You can view any payments you’ve made by going to the History tab in Caura. Tap on any payment in the list to view more detail. From there, you can even export a receipt to your email.

The Birmingham CAZ covers all roads within the A4540 Middleway Ring Road, but not the Middleway itself. You can view a map of the zone on our Birmingham CAZ page.

You’ll get a £120 Penalty Charge Notice if you don’t pay for your Clean Air Zone charges by 11:59pm within six days of travel in the zone. You can reduce this fine to £60 if you pay it within 14 days.