Council Fine Check- Location
- Junction of Victoria Street / Palace Street / Thirleby Road
- Type
- Box junction
- Contravention
- code 31: Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited
- Hours
- Not confirmed by our sources: check the signs and your PCN photos
- Enforced since
- Not confirmed
- Council
- Westminster City Council
- Appeals
- London Tribunals
About this camera
Westminster City Council lists a fixed enforcement camera at the junction of Victoria Street, Palace Street and Thirleby Road. 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 watch the footage and see the photos on Westminster's appeals website, appeals.westminster.gov.uk, before you decide whether to challenge. 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.
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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