How many bus lane Penalty Charge Notices Newham Council issues, from which cameras, how much it raises, and how often challenges succeed — from data released under Freedom of Information (ref FOIEIR-2026-003567).
59,018
PCNs issued in 5 years2021/22–2025/26
£2.42m
gross income, 5 yearsnet of costs not held
10,370
PCNs in 2025/26across 11 cameras
46%
paid at the £80 discount2025/26
13%
of challenges upheld2025/26
This page reports data released by Newham Council under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIEIR-2026-003567, responded 2026-08-21). Figures are the council's own. BusLaneCheck is independent and not affiliated with the council. Compare every UK authority →
Bus lane PCNs issued per yearGross PCN income per year
Newham is one of the few London boroughs where bus lane enforcement is shrinking. Penalties fell every year from 13,718 in 2021/22 to 10,047 in 2024/25 before edging up to 10,370 in 2025/26 — a quarter down over five years — and income fell faster, from £613,443 to £404,789. The fall is concentrated on Barking Road, where the busiest camera, at Central Park Road, dropped from 2,482 penalties in 2021/22 to 617 in 2025/26 as drivers learned it.
Which cameras issue the most fines
Camera-enforced bus lane locations ranked by PCNs issued in 2025/26. The last column is the 5-year total.
Newham runs 11 cameras on five roads, and Barking Road accounts for 38,562 of the 59,018 penalties issued over these five years — nearly two thirds, from four cameras. The council changed how it names its cameras partway through 2022/23, so several sites appear twice in its spreadsheet under an old and a new name in that year; penalties are added together per road here. Three cameras stop appearing after 2022/23 and are absent from the council's current list — at St Olaves Road and Burges Road on Barking Road, and at Katherine Road on Romford Road; their penalties are still counted in the road totals, but they are not among the 11 cameras counted as current. The Glen Road bus gate has no page on this site. Nine of the thirteen Newham bus lanes listed on this site — including High Street, The Moorings and Prince Regent Lane — do not appear anywhere in the council's enforcement data, so it is not confirmed that a camera enforces them.
Challenges & appeals — do they work?
Formal representations to the council. Drivers made 10,309 formal challenges over 5 years.
Year
Challenges
Upheld
Rejected
Success rate
2021/22
2,537
519
1,917
20%
2022/23
2,171
389
1,784
18%
2023/24
2,080
358
1,373
17%
2024/25
1,698
297
1,420
17%
2025/26
1,823
230
1,450
13%
The council's own figures show the share of challenges upheld went from 20% in 2021/22 to 13% in 2025/26 — so a well-grounded challenge is worth making. Challenges to Newham penalties rarely succeed and are getting harder. The council accepted 519 of 2,537 representations in 2021/22, a fifth; by 2025/26 it accepted 230 of 1,823, one in eight. Accepted and rejected do not add up to received in any year — the gap runs between 188 and 349 a year — and the council did not explain it. These figures cover bus lane and bus gate penalties together. See our guide to appealing a bus lane PCN for the grounds that win.
The fine itself
A bus lane PCN from Newham Council is £160, reduced to £80 if paid within 14 days. It is a civil penalty — there are no licence points. £160, halved to £80 if paid within 14 days. The higher band rose from £130 and £65 on 7 April 2025, so four of the five years below ran at the old rate.
What the council does not hold or publish
Income net of operating costs. Newham gave one income column and did not separate the cost of running the cameras, the back office or the appeals process from it. Every money figure here is gross — what drivers paid, not what the council kept. The council also notes its totals were correct as at 30 July 2026 and will drift upwards as more penalties are paid.
Appeals to the tribunal. The council did not give tribunal outcomes. It pointed instead to its own published parking annual reports and to London Councils' figures, saying its 2024/25 report is not yet published and 2025/26 is still being audited.
A split between bus lanes and bus gates in the challenge figures. The representation counts below cover bus lane and bus gate penalties together. The council did not separate them, although it does separate them in its penalty counts.
The bus lanes behind these cameras
Each of these locations has a full page with operating hours, permitted vehicles and the governing traffic order: