Council Fine Check- Location
- Peckham Hill Street Junction Goldsmith Road
- Type
- Box junction
- Restriction
- Yellow box
- Contravention
- Usually code 31: Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited (the council lists the restriction, not the code: check the code printed on your PCN)
- Hours
- At any time
- Enforced since
- Not confirmed
- Council
- Southwark Council
- Appeals
- London Tribunals
About this camera
Southwark Council lists a CCTV camera on Peckham Hill Street at its junction with Goldsmith Road, enforcing a yellow box restriction. A PCN from it alleges entering and stopping in the yellow box junction when the exit is not clear. The council lists this restriction as applying at any time, so the time of day will not help on its own. Watch the footage for the moment you entered the box: was your exit clear then? The Highway Code allows waiting in the box to turn right when only oncoming traffic or other right-turners hold you up. Southwark reviews every camera contravention by a CCTV officer before issuing the PCN, which is posted to the registered keeper. Southwark says it issues warning notices for the first 2 weeks after it puts up a new camera. Appeals go to London Tribunals.
First-time warning
London councils are not expected to send first-time warnings for this kind of contravention.
Common grounds at a box junction camera
- The Highway Code (rule 174) lets you enter and wait when turning right if you are only held up by oncoming traffic or other vehicles waiting to turn right.
- Was your exit clear when you entered, and something changed suddenly (for example a vehicle ahead stopped without warning)?
- Are the box markings complete and visible in the footage?
- Outside London: was this the first time at a camera that started enforcing in the last 6 months? A warning should have been sent.
Camera PCNs must normally be served within 28 days of the date. You can ask the council to let you view the recording, or send stills, free of charge.
Paying within 14 days gets the 50% discount. Challenging first does not stop you paying later, but the discount may not be offered again once it expires, so note the date.
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