Bus Lane PCN Dashboard: Barnet Penalty Charge Notices

Barnet, a London borough, provides records of all bus lane Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued since 29 January 2015. The dataset includes details such as contravention code, street name, issue date and time, and distinguishes between regular PCNs and Warning Notices with no monetary value. It is available as raw data supporting an interactive dashboard for filtering and analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal patterns of bus lane contraventions based on issue date, time, and day of the week.
• Identifying high-violation locations for targeted enforcement based on street name.
• Distinguishing between revenue-generating fines and warning notices based on contravention code and PCN type.
• Monitoring enforcement trends over time by filtering on year and issue date.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term record of enforcement actions with data spanning from January 2015 onward.
• Includes a distinction between monetary PCNs and Warning Notices, adding nuance to the violation data.
• Available on multiple open data platforms, indicating its public importance and reliability.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, specific column names, and license are consistently missing across all platform entries.
• The dataset's geographic scope is limited to a single London borough (Barnet), restricting broader analyses.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates (2026-04-29 vs 2025-12-03) create uncertainty about data freshness.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service (as listed on one platform entry)

Collection Method

Administratively collected by enforcement officers (CEOs) as part of traffic violation issuance.

Time Range

From 29 January 2015 onward.

Freshness

Last updated dates conflict between sources: 2026-04-29 and 2025-12-03.

Geography

London Borough of Barnet, United Kingdom.