A legal challenge over the use of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) to raise money by fining motorists is being mounted in the London Borough of Croydon. The judicial review claims the Council is using LTNs to raise revenue which is illegal. The claim says there is no environmental benefit and it is just about filling holes in Council budgets.

See https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/07/london-croydon-council-unlawfully-used-ltn-court-to-hear/ for more details.

Comment: It is a worthy challenge to stop the misuse of LTN legislation to raise taxes. There is clearly a financial motive behind many LTN schemes as Councils are under great financial pressure at the moment. They anticipate large numbers of fines from such schemes.

The barrister representing Croydon residents is Kevin Leigh.

Roger Lawson

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