West End Road / Wingfield Way: room ahead meant the stop was not forced (2026)

Case 2250377511 / 2025-11-24 / Adjudicator Edward Houghton

West End Road/ Wingfield Way

“In the present case there is ample room ahead of the vehicle and it did not have to stop.”

Edward Houghton

The CCTV showed the vehicle enter the mouth of the box and immediately halt. Houghton distinguished being stationary from having to stop because of stationary vehicles. He found ample room ahead and treated a possible later blockage as speculation, not the event on which the PCN was based.

The authority therefore had not established the contravention on these facts. The appeal was allowed on 24 November 2025.

For another Code 31 representation, identify the gap and the vehicles said to have prevented movement. A claim that there was room must be supported by the recording. This decision does not mean that voluntarily stopping in every box is safe or that an adjudicator will draw the same conclusion from different footage.

Source and case reference

Use case reference 2250377511 in the London Tribunals register to find the official decision. This commentary distinguishes the adjudicator's finding from a possible argument in a different case; previous tribunal decisions do not bind another adjudicator.