Scrappage scheme for vans and minibuses

The Mayor's new £110m scrappage scheme helps clear London's air by providing grant payments to successful applicants to scrap or retrofit their vehicles that do not meet the ULEZ emissions standards and switch to cleaner, greener modes of transport.​ This is for eligible sole traders, micro-businesses (up to 10 employees), or charities with a registered address in London and vans or minibuses that do not meet the ULEZ emissions standards.​

Grant payment options

If you meet the you can apply for one of six options:

• Scrap a van - £5,000
• Scrap a minibus - £7,000
• Retrofit a van - £5,000
• Retrofit a minibus - £5,000
• Scrap a van and replace it with an electric van - £7,500
• Scrap a minibus and replace it with an electric minibus - £9,500

Organisation and vehicle eligibility

The scheme is open to micro businesses (with up to 10 employees), sole traders, and registered charities with a registered address within the 32 London boroughs or the City of London (Greater London Area). The following organisations can apply:

Micro businesses with:

• 10 or fewer employees
• Up to £632,000 turnover or up to £316,000 balance sheet total in the preceding and current financial year and
• Companies House registration as an active company or VAT registered within the 32 London boroughs or City of London

Sole traders who must be:

• A self-employed person who owns and operates a business within the 32 London boroughs or the City of London

Charities that are:

• Registered with the Charities Commission as active within the 32 London boroughs or the City of London

A vehicle you intend to scrap must be:

• A light van (up to and including 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight (GVW) or minibus (up to and including 5 tonnes GVW) registered to an eligible organisation for more than 12 calendar months before the start of the scrappage scheme on 30 January 2023
• Registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in the name of the business, sole trader or charity (if the vehicle is registered to an employee, director of the micro business or trustee of a charity you will need to provide confirmation of their link to the organisation)
• Insured for business use
• Certified with valid road tax and MOT
• ULEZ non-compliant (this includes pre-Euro 6 diesel vehicles and pre-Euro 4 petrol vehicles)

A replacement vehicle must be:

• A fully electric light van (up to and including 3.5 tonnes GVW) or a fully electric minibus (up to and including 5 tonnes GVW)
• Purchased or on a hire/lease contract that is at least two years long
• The same body type (van or minibus) as the vehicle that you scrapped.

The vehicle that you want to scrap must also fail to meet the ULEZ emissions standards.

Click here for the full Terms & Conditions

ULEZ expansion in 2023

This map shows the new ULEZ boundary and the area it will cover from 29 August 2023

Charging times

• Congestion Charge (CC): Operates 07:00-18:00 Mon-Fri, 12:00-18:00 Sat-Sun, and bank holidays. No charge between Christmas Day and New Year's Day bank holiday (inclusive)
• ULEZ: Operates 24 hours a day, midnight to midnight, every day of the year, except Christmas Day (25 December)