The camera location was already inside the restricted area (2026)

Case 2250002111 / 2025-03-28 / Adjudicator Louise Fisher

ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL APPROACH / BRUNEL ROAD

“the cameras are situated at the entrance to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, which I find to be in the restricted area.”

Louise Fisher

This appeal focused on where the prohibition applied, rather than the vehicle's weight. The appellant did not dispute TfL's evidence that the goods vehicle exceeded 2000 kg maximum gross weight. Instead, he argued that photographs taken on the approach did not prove the vehicle entered the tunnel, where he accepted the restriction applied.

TfL relied on photographic captures, the PCN, a location map, legislation and correspondence. Louise Fisher also considered an authorised officer's witness statement dated 16 January 2025. It placed the cameras at the tunnel entrance, which she found was within the restricted area.

The appeal was refused because the evidence established a contravention at that location. The decision did not require a photograph taken further inside the tunnel. Its significance is the relationship between the camera position and the restriction's boundary: simply describing an image as showing the approach did not establish that it was outside the prohibition.

Source and case reference

Use case reference 2250002111 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.