Waltham Forest Council raked in more than £32 million in fines against drivers between 2014 and this year to present.

A Waltham Forest Guardian FOI request has shown the council brought in a total of £32,497,811.37 in the four-year period.

Average income per year was over £8 million.

Individual fines were given for offences such as being ‘parked in a restricted street during prohibited hours’, ‘entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited’ and ‘being in a bus lane.’

The areas that saw the highest income from fines for the council changed each year.

In the financial year 2014-2015, where St James Street meets Leucha Road in Walthamstow, brought in £359,46.04.

In 2015-2016, High Road in Leytonstone earned over £1 million.

Similarly, in 2016-2017, Orford Road in Walthamstow saw a total of £829,775.27 handed out in fines.

So far this financial year, where Blackhorse Lane meets Forest Road in Walthamstow has seen £480,137.00 worth of fines.

All of these fining blackspots have CCTV cameras operating in the area.

Individual fines handed out for ‘parking in a restricted street during prohibited hours’ brought in one of the highest incomes for the council, averaging over £900,000 over the four years.

Cllr Clyde Loakes, Cabinet Member for the Environment, said: “Waltham Forest Council’s annual revenue budget has been cut by £115 million (63%) since 2010 by this Government. The Government collects some £500 million annually from taxes and duties on London’s car owners, but not a single penny is returned to London boroughs to support the highways network. This Government has simply passed the responsibility of maintaining roads onto councils, but without giving us the sufficient budget to do so.”

A spokesman for the council added: “Waltham Forest Council received an average of £8 million a year from parking and traffic offence fines during the last four years. This comes partly because some people are breaking the law, but also from fees from the increase in numbers of residents’ permit schemes, all of which have been introduced following consultations with local people.

“Legally, the council can only spend this money on certain services. This money contributes to maintaining our pavement and road network across the borough and part of the cost of the popular London-wide concessionary fare scheme for the over 60s, the Freedom Pass.”