This case clarifies two important aspects relating to yellow box junctions and their enforcement:

  1. The configuration of a box junction is a matter for the council, but there is an expectation that an explanation will be provided for any deviation from the Traffic Signs Manual [opens external link].
  2. A vehicle stopping in a marked box junction, however briefly, will give rise to a contravention. The council is not obliged to show that an obstruction was caused.

The case also makes clear that only the complete failure by an authority to consider representations against a penalty charge notice would allow procedural impropriety (based on an authority failing to consider representations) to be established as a ground of appeal under the regulations.