Low Emission Zones (LEZ) monitoring and evaluation

Reporting and finance

We will prepare an annual report on how the LEZ is working and how effective it is. We will collect the data and financial information from 1 June to 31 May. We will present the report each Autumn to the relevant Council committee before sharing with Scottish Ministers and publishing it on these web pages.

Transport Scotland's LEZ guidance says that, as a minimum, we must include the below information in the report:

  • Scheme size
  • Boundary location
  • Vehicle scope
  • Date the scheme was introduced introduction
  • Start and end dates of any grace period
  • Summary of how the LEZ is working and how effective it is including
    • costs of proposing, making and running the LEZ
    • number and details of penalties (fines) we have issued
    • number of appeals we have received, and a summary of what we decided
    • the amount of money we have gathered from operating the LEZ (gross and net revenue)
    • details of how we have used that money to achieve our goals (objectives of the LEZ)
  • Any changes that we may have made to the LEZ in the 12 months that we are reporting on

Financial accounts

We will keep and publish annual financial accounts on the LEZ for as long as it is in place. This will show all the costs of proposing, making and running the LEZ and any funding we get from Scottish Government towards running it.

Income

Income will be monitored and will be allocated as follows:

  •  In the first instance, the cost of operating the LEZ will be covered by surplus income on an annual basis, as required by the LEZ legislation.
  • Surplus funds will be held by the Council and declared on an annual basis
  • Surplus funds will contribute towards Council projects that contribute to air quality and/or climate change emission reduction, including those listed in section 5 of the AQAP and/or the CMP Implementation Plan.
  • Projects using LEZ surplus income must identify their contribution to air quality and/or climate change emission reduction.
  • Additional revenue raised, where not used to fund interventions which have city-wide benefits,  will be prioritised towards projects on the boundary areas just outwith the LEZ.

The LEZ annual report will include information on how any surplus funding has been used