The Secretary of State has granted Peterborough City Council powers in relation to The Civil Enforcement of Moving Traffic Designation Order 2023 and in accordance with paragraph 10 of schedule 8 of the Traffic Management Act 2004. These new powers officially came into force on 22 July 2023.
The Designation Order enables Peterborough City Council to carry out civil enforcement of moving traffic contraventions across its local authority area.
Prior to applying for these powers, we undertook a six week public consultation that included 6 locations where enforcement would take place. This enforcement took place since February 2024. Details of our current moving traffic enforcement sites can be found on the Moving Traffic Enforcement page.
At these locations we have seen compliance to the restrictions improve by 90%, resulting in less congestion and improved road safety.
As a result of these improvements we are now considering additional locations in which to carry out enforcement.
These locations are being considered due to previous reports of non-compliance, concerns and complaints raised by members of the public and traffic surveys undertaken in the areas.
This new consultation is to give individuals and businesses the opportunity to raise any concerns about these new enforcement schemes, or provide us with any additional feedback or information on these locations.
What a moving traffic offence is
In England and Wales, moving traffic offences are defined in law in Schedule 7 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (as amended). They include:
- Incorrectly driving into a bus lane or through a bus gate
- Driving in a pedestrian zone
- Ignoring a no entry sign
- Stopping in a yellow box junction
- Banned left or right turns
- Ignoring a blue directional arrow (traffic must turn left or right)
- Illegal U-turns
- Going the wrong way in a one-way street
New locations considered
- Site 1 - Park Road / Church Walk - Left Turn only
- Site 2 - Park Road / Westgate - Right Turn only
- Site 3 - Westgate / Lincoln Road - No Entry except buses
- Site 4 - Park Road / Fitzwilliam Street junction - No Entry
- Site 5 - Misterton to Pennington, Orton – No Entry
- Site 6 - Brewster Avenue, Woodston– Safer School Street
- Site 7 - Riseholme, Orton – Safer School Street
- Site 8 - Chapel Street, Stanground – Safer School Street
- Site 9 - Bourges Boulevard, Millfield – Safer School Street
More details on each location can be found on the Phase Two Moving Traffic Enforcement Sites document (PDF).
Public consultation feedback and responses
The consultation closed on 8 April 2025. We received 16 formal responses. The themes of the response were as follows:
- Support of the schemes proposed, highlighting the number of occasions dangerous vehicle manoeuvres have been witnessed.
- Suggestions of other locations where vehicles are committing dangerous driving offences - Some proposed locations will be considered in future stages - noting speeding and jumping red lights remain criminal only offences that local authorities do not have powers to enforce.
- Displacement of vehicles around school safer street schemes to neighbouring streets - Parking enforcement resources will also be redistributed as appropriate to the surrounding areas as part of school enforcement patrols.
- Queries regarding access to schools for pupils/parents with mobility challenges - Reasonable adjustment will be made at school safer street schemes for disabled pupils or parents/guardians to register for an exemption. Details of how to register for an exemption will be published on our website.
Next steps
Following consideration of those responses and further survey work to establish the viability of the schemes, we will proceed to implement all these proposals in the coming months with an intended go live date for enforcement of 11 May 2026. During the first 6 months following go live, warning notices will be issued on the first offence occasion to further educate motorists on the restrictions in place.