How many bus lane Penalty Charge Notices London Borough of Redbridge issues, how much it raises, and how often challenges succeed — from data released under Freedom of Information (ref 36963029).
51,177
PCNs issued in 5 years2021/22–2025/26
£2.04m
gross income, 2023/24–2025/26net of costs not held
13,546
PCNs in 2025/26
48%
paid at the £80 discount2025/26
22%
of challenges upheld2025/26
This page reports data released by London Borough of Redbridge under the Freedom of Information Act (36963029, responded 2026-08-14). 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
Redbridge's bus lane enforcement is the newest and fastest-growing of any London borough on this site. Until February 2024 the borough had bus gates only, issuing between 5,320 and 6,511 penalties a year. Five bus lane cameras switched on together on 19 February 2024 and issued 3,613 penalties in the six weeks before the financial year ended, then 9,435 in their first full year — more than the bus gates have ever issued. Total penalties nearly trebled, from 5,320 in 2021/22 to a peak of 15,777 in 2024/25, easing to 13,546 in 2025/26. Income in 2024/25 was £901,735, of which £524,124 came from cameras that had existed for a year.
Where the cameras are
The council named seven cameras. Five are bus lane cameras that all began enforcement on the same day, 19 February 2024: two on Chapel Road, two on Cranbrook Road and one on Ilford Hill. The other two are bus gates on Clements Road, at the Kenneth Moore Road and Chadwick Road junctions, and the council does not hold the date enforcement began at either. Longwood Gardens, which has a page on this site, is not among the seven; asked directly, the council confirmed in August 2026 that it does not enforce that bus lane with a camera and enforces a width restriction there instead. It also gave the hours each camera runs: the two on Chapel Road and the one on Ilford Hill operate 24 hours a day, the Cranbrook Road pair in the weekday peaks only, and both Clements Road bus gates around the clock. The council gave no penalty counts for individual cameras, so this page cannot show which of them is busiest.
Challenges & appeals — do they work?
Formal representations to the council. Drivers made 3,421 formal challenges over 3 years.
Year
Challenges
Upheld
Rejected
Success rate
2023/24
1,178
532
602
45%
2024/25
1,320
457
823
35%
2025/26
923
199
585
22%
The council's own figures show the share of challenges upheld went from 45% in 2023/24 to 22% in 2025/26 — so a well-grounded challenge is worth making. Redbridge runs two separate streams and its figures only make sense once they are separated. Formal representations, counted here, cover both bus gates and bus lanes: 1,178 received in 2023/24 falling to 923 in 2025/26, with the share accepted dropping sharply from 45% to 22%. Alongside those, the council logs informal challenges against bus lane penalties only — 180 in 2023/24, then 1,303 and 1,477 as the new cameras bedded in — of which it accepted 77, 274 and 360. It recorded no informal challenges against bus gate penalties in any year. See our guide to appealing a bus lane PCN for the grounds that win.
The fine itself
A bus lane PCN from London Borough of Redbridge 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 and discounts before 2023/24. Redbridge holds no income or discounted-payment figures for its bus gates before 2023/24, and says so in terms — the answer is "data not held", not a refusal. Its bus lane cameras did not exist before February 2024, so bus lane income for the earlier years is genuinely nil rather than missing. The money shown here therefore covers three years, while the penalty counts cover five.
A breakdown by camera. The council gave its penalty counts split only into bus gate and bus lane totals, not by individual camera, so there is no league table of sites on this page. It did name its seven current cameras, which are listed below.
Income net of operating costs. Only gross income was given. The cost of running the cameras and the appeals process is not separated from it.
Tribunal appeals. No appeal outcomes were given for either bus gates or bus lanes.