Council Fine Check- Location
- Junction of Central Road, Worcester Park / Green Lane
- Type
- Box junction
- Contravention
- code 31: Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited
- Hours
- At any time
- Enforced since
- Not confirmed
- Council
- Sutton Council
- Appeals
- London Tribunals
About this camera
Sutton Council lists a fixed enforcement camera at the junction of Central Road, Worcester Park and Green Lane. A PCN from this camera alleges entering and stopping in the yellow box junction when the exit is not clear (code 31). It is sent by post to the registered keeper with a photo of the alleged contravention, and you can see the photos of the alleged contravention on Sutton's online PCN system, usually from 24 hours after the PCN is issued. Look at the footage for the moment you entered: was your exit clear then, and did something ahead stop unexpectedly? The Highway Code lets you wait in the box when turning right if only oncoming traffic or other right-turners hold you up. As a London camera, no first-time warning is expected here, and appeals go to London Tribunals, where the moving traffic grounds are narrower than outside London. Sutton lists it as contravention 31J, in force at all times. Exempt vehicles listed by the council: emergency service vehicles; vehicles turning right and stopped due to oncoming traffic or other vehicles turning right; vehicles directed by a Police Officer in uniform.
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.
Other Sutton cameras
- Alma Road school street (Rosefield Close)
- Beddington Gardens / Woodcote Road no entry
- Beddington Gardens school street (Boundary Road)
- Beddington Gardens school street (Off Boundary Road)
- Belmont Road / Manor Road, Wallington no entry
- Boundary Road, Wallington / Stanley Park Road no entry
- Brunswick Road / Benhill Avenue no entry
- Caledon Road / Butter Hill no entry