Mayor of London’s scrappage scheme

The Mayor of London’s scrappage scheme has been expanded to all Londoners with cars, motorcycles and wheelchair accessible vehicles that do not meet the ULEZ emissions standards.

Details of the Mayor’s scrappage scheme are available at: Mayor of London's Scrappage Scheme

Merton’s scrappage scheme

Merton’s scrappage scheme has now closed to new applicants. Anyone who applied before the deadline will still be able to scrap their vehicle and submit their proof of scrappage to claim their grant via the Stage 2 link, sent via email when their original application was approved.

Check your vehicle

Please check the TFL website to find out if your vehicle meets emissions and safety standards required to drive in the ULEZ, or if you need to pay a daily charge.

Check if your vehicle meets the ULEZ emissions standards

If your vehicle is ULEZ compliant, you don’t need to do anything.

If your vehicle is not ULEZ compliant, you can apply for the Mayor of London’s scrappage scheme. 

Application stages

The application process has 2 stages:

Stage 1: Check and apply online

If your stage 1 application has been approved, we will email you a reference number and link to the Stage 2 application form.

Stage 2: Scrap your vehicle and submit evidence

If your application is approved, we'll ask you to scrap your vehicle at an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF). They will issue you with a Certificate of Destruction. You will have one month to scrap your vehicle and provide us with the evidence.

TfL have partnered with ATFs CarTakeBack and EMR who can scrap vehicles approved for the scrappage scheme quickly and may also offer an additional payment for most vehicle types.

You should not scrap your vehicle until you receive confirmation from us that your application has been approved.

Once you have scrapped your vehicle, you will need to provide us with the evidence. See our evidence required section below for more information.

Grant payment

We will pay you via bank transfer (BACS) once we have received and verified the evidence that you have scrapped your vehicle. We will use the bank details you provided to us in the stage 2 application form.

Stage 2 Evidence:

Once your application has been approved and you have scrapped your vehicle, you will need to provide us with the evidence.

Follow the link and instructions in your stage 1 approval email to send us evidence of scrappage.

If you've scrapped a vehicle, you need to upload an image of the Certificate of Destruction issued by an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF). This must be dated after the date of the letter we send you confirming your eligibility for the scheme.

In stage 2, we will ask you for your bank details to make the grant payment. Once approved, your payment will be made by electronic bank transfer.

Your benefits and tax status may be affected

Some low income, means-tested benefits are affected by the amount of money you have in savings. The ULEZ car and motorcycle scrappage scheme grant payment may be treated as savings for any means-tested benefits you claim. If this grant payment is treated as savings, and takes you over the permitted savings limit, your benefit claims may be affected. Find out more about this and how benefits can be affected by lump sum payouts. Merton Council will have no liability to you if the ULEZ car and motorcycle scrappage scheme grant payment affects any means-tested benefits you receive.

Applying with a private (personalised) plate

If you are applying to scrap a vehicle that has a private (personalised) number plate, you will need to provide the private plate details when entering your number plate (Vehicle Registration Mark) in the application form, so that we can validate your vehicle make and model. If you receive a confirmation of eligibility letter from us, you should remove your private plate and then scrap your vehicle.

Disclaimer, terms and conditions

The scheme has limited funds and operates on a first come, first served basis. We may review how this scheme is operating (such as length of the scheme, eligibility checks, grant payment options and more) and make changes when necessary.