KCC and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) worked together to make improvements at this location. Since March 2023, cameras have been used to enforce the bus gates by TWBC. However, TWBC records show that unauthorised vehicles still regularly use the bus gates on Mount Pleasant Road.
It is believed that continued enforcement measures by KCC would improve the reliability of public transport and help preserve the safety of pedestrians in the area.
If the decision is taken to proceed with the enforcement, permits would be issued to some residents who have properties within the area and a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) would be issued to cars without a permit. The intention is for KCC to begin enforcement on 1 September 2025.
“Unlike other moving traffic enforcement consultations, this site already has enforcement, but we need your views on whether this should be continued.”
Simon Jones, KCC’s Corporate Director, Growth, Environment and Transport, said: “Moving traffic enforcement can only be applied where action is needed to improve road safety, make public transport more attractive and tackle congestion.
‘Unlike other moving traffic enforcement consultations, this site already has enforcement, but we need your views on whether this should be continued.”
The consultation opened on 9 May 2025 and will close on 19 June 2025. To take part in the consultation, visit: www.kent.gov.uk/mteconsultations.
Any questions about this consultation or to request a hard copy of the questionnaire, please contact: tma.consultation@kent.gov.uk. Please use the reference ‘Traffic Management Act’.
For any alternative formats, email alternativeformats@kent.gov.uk or call 03000 42 15 53 (text relay service number 18001 03000 42 15 53). This number goes to an answer machine, which is monitored during office hours.
The responses to this consultation will be considered before any decisions are taken.
Notes to editors
Previously, offences such as driving through ‘no entry’ signs, banned turns, entering yellow box junctions when the exit is not clear, and driving vehicles on routes marked for buses and taxis only, could only be enforced by the police. Since July 2022, the government approved new powers for highway authorities outside of London to enforce moving traffic offences.
