At least £190,000 worth of fines were handed during a six month pilot project that saw Croydon Council temporarily close off roads outside of three schools.

Heavers Farm Primary in Dinsdale Gardens, Selhurst, St Chad’s in Alverston Gardens, Selhurst and Woodcote Primary in Dunsfold Rise, Coulsdon (including Fairfield Way and Meadow Rise) were all part of the project that saw people banned from driving through the roads outside the schools during morning and afternoon runs.

Following the completion of the the scheme a Freedom of Information request was submitted by the Croydon Guardian to find out just how many people had been handed a penalty notice charge between October 2, 2017 and March 2, 2018.

In total 2924 PCN's were handed out by council over the time frame.

Each PCN charge costs £130 (discounted to £65 if paid within 14 days).

This means a minimum of £190,060 worth of fines were handed out with a maximum of £380,120.

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A council spokesman said as time went on, fewer and fewer people were fined.

“The council piloted this scheme because inconsiderate school run driving had become a safety risk to children and a nuisance to residents," he said.

"The primaries involved have since reported less congestion, a safer road for children to walk to school in and more punctuality, and over time the council has needed to issue fewer fines.

“Any surplus money from parking fines in Croydon is spent on funding the Freedom Pass, a travel scheme for the over-60s in London, and drivers who pay their fine within a fortnight are charged £65 instead of £130.

“The council’s traffic management advisory committee will decide later this year whether to make the schemes permanent."

So which school saw the most number of offences take place?

Well Woodcote Primary saw the most with 1392, although that was split between two streets.

Second was Heavers Farm with 823 and with the least amount of PCN's issued it was St Chad's with 709.

During the six months the roads were not physically closed to traffic; instead, the council used temporary automatic number plate recognition cameras to scan if vehicles passing through the pedestrian zones had permission or not.