PCN code 50: Performing a prohibited turn

Code

50

Type

Moving traffic

Level

Moving traffic

Who uses it

Councils with moving traffic powers (most of London, and English councils designated since 2022), and Welsh councils where enforced.

What the council's evidence usually is

Camera footage of the turn.

Points to check before you pay

• Was the banned-turn sign at the junction and visible on approach?
• Check any exemption plate and its hours.
• Outside London: first time at a camera in its first 6 months should get a warning.

If one of these applies, the usual statutory ground is that the contravention did not occur. Other grounds (not the owner, stolen vehicle, already paid, wrong amount, procedural impropriety) apply whatever the code. The checker shows which fit your case.

How much is a code 50 PCN?

In London bus lane and moving traffic PCNs are £160, halved if paid within the discount period on the PCN (London Councils says 21 days for CCTV PCNs; some boroughs state 14) (London Councils). Outside London councils set the charge within the national bands, and the discount is 50% if paid within 21 days of a camera PCN being served (SI 2022/71).

Cameras using code 50

• Anton Bantock Way / Queens Road banned turn (Bristol)
• Ashton Old Road / Chancellor Street banned turn right (Manchester)
• Borough Road / Southwark Bridge Road banned turn (Southwark)
• Bridge Road / Fore Street N18 banned turn (Enfield)
• Buckingham Palace Road / Elizabeth Street banned turn (Westminster)
• Cambridge Park / Alexandra Road banned turn (Richmond)
• Cheetham Hill Road / Elizabeth Street banned turn (Manchester)
• Devonshire Place Mews / Marylebone High Street banned turn (Westminster)
• Donkey Lane / Carterhatch Road banned turn (Enfield)
• Hareclive Road / Anton Bantock Way banned turn (Bristol)
• Hockeys Lane, Fishponds banned turn (Bristol)
• John Islip Street / Ponsonby Place banned turn (Westminster)

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