FOI request detail

Whether any PCN's arising out of the new restrictions in the Rotherhithe Tunnel have been overturned

Request ID: FOI-2923-1920
Date published: 16 January 2020

You asked

Have any Penalty Charge Notices arising out of the new restrictions in the Rotherhithe Tunnel from FEbruary 2019 been overturned after appeal

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-2923-1920

Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 31 December 2019.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm we do hold/ the information you require. You asked:

Have any Penalty Charge Notices arising out of the new restrictions in the Rotherhithe Tunnel from February 2019 been overturned after appeal.

Yes. Since the Rotherhithe Tunnel restrictions have been enforced, there have been 162,191 penalty charge notices (PCNs) issued. There have been 44,265 representations made in challenge of the PCNs, of which 24,539 have been accepted. Of the rejected representations, 1,617 appeals were made to the London Tribunals and of these 252 were allowed.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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