Southwark PCN Appeal Guide: Know Your Rights Before You Pay

Southwark Council enforces CPZs across Borough, Bermondsey, Camberwell, Peckham and Dulwich, plus moving traffic enforcement on South Bank corridors. You have 14 days to pay at the 50% reduced rate or 28 days to submit an informal challenge. Southwark issues a high volume of PCNs, with a significant proportion from moving traffic contraventions on South Bank corridors. For moving traffic PCNs, check the camera footage carefully. Yellow box junction PCNs require the council to show your vehicle caused an obstruction. If there was adequate space ahead when you entered the box, this is grounds for challenge.

If Southwark reject your informal challenge they issue a Notice to Owner. You have 28 days to make formal representations. If those are rejected, Southwark issues a Notice of Rejection and you have 28 days to appeal to the London Tribunals, the independent adjudication service for London council PCNs. A significant proportion of Southwark appeals are allowed or not contested at the London Tribunals each year. The adjudicator's decision is binding on the council but not on you. Evidence including photographs, dashcam footage and council correspondence can all be submitted online.