The council is planning on installing new cameras at yellow-box junctions in Leamington as part of plans to pull in £220,000 per year.

Warwickshire County Council is intending on installing six sets of cameras to catch and fine motorists making banned manoeuvre.

The highways authority is proposing to apply to the Department for Transport (DfT) to use cameras to monitor vehicles making prohibited turns, blocking yellow-box junctions and contravening school restrictions at hotspots across the county.

There would also be lenses pointed at number plates to monitor yellow-box junctions including on High Street and Bath Street in Leamington.

Other impacted areas include Rugby and Nuneaton.

Enforcement is currently handled by Warwickshire Police but a council report notes that "capacity is limited due to wider operational priorities", meaning responses are largely reactive.

Councils with responsibility for roads can apply to take on additional enforcement – the police powers remain unchanged – where evidence shows it can be justified and a report to be considered by the county's portfolio holder for transport and planning Cllr Stephen Shaw on Friday (July 17) proposes to launch a consultation on doing that at six sites.

If brought in, there would be camera enforcement of prohibited turns at the crossroads junction of Alcester Road, Greenhill Street, Arden Street and Grove Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, and at Birmingham Road, High Street and Blythe Road, Coleshill.

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While the plans are subject to consultation, the decision has effectively been taken with the county council's budget, set in February 2026, accounting for £60,000 of income from 2028-29, £140,000 of income in 2029-30 and £220,000 each year thereafter.

Nevertheless, the report states that enforcement at each location "must be justified by clear evidence, including persistent non-compliance, alignment with transport policy priorities and where issues cannot be reasonably resolved through physical measures".

"Enforcement must remain proportionate and targeted. It requires the installation of certified camera equipment," it adds.

"Options for delivery, including operational and back-office processing, are being explored with further work needed to develop a full business case if approval is given to proceed."

If the plans don't go ahead, the income budgeted for would have to be covered by other income or savings from elsewhere.

The council is legally required to put any surplus from enforcement into transport-related projects such as highway maintenance, road safety improvements, traffic management and public transport.

Additional locations would have to be consulted on in the same way but permission from DfT would not be required as the whole county is set to be covered by this application if it is successful.