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Local estate in Redbridge has new access restrictions to stop rat runners during peak hours.

They are setting an (as yet) undefined time threshold to enter and leave the estate. ANPR at each of 3 entry/exit points.

Already have delivery drivers refusing to enter during restricted hours 🙄

Residents already getting buyers remorse, mostly through dreaming up unrealistic scenarios.

Is there a standard approach to appealing this type of access restrictions?

I'm always intrigued by this sort of setup.

So if we say the restricted hours are peak hours 7am-7pm surely there needs to be a journey time considered that would rule out the rat run? For example the delivery drivers refusing to enter. If they are stopping and delivery to one or multiple houses then time taken between entry and exit would seem to rule out it being used for a rat run.

Similarly for residents. Will they be able to register their vehicles? If I'm picking up my son for football for instance, I would enter one end of my street, pick him up curbside and then exit immediately at the other end.

Seems flawed otherwise.     

It's bound to have flaws. Impossible to get the perfect set up.
I'd expect the council to be lenient to resident appeals or resident supported appeals.
School run pickup/drop off by family friends is probably most at risk.

Some have suggested leaving by the point you entered. I don't think Redbridge will be that clever.

If the queue to leave is long enough it won't trigger a PCN.

Overall a decent reduction in rat runners and leniency to residents is the best outcome.
20mph and road humps due soon 😬