Resident 'fed up' with not being able to park outside her Hinckley home

An angry resident says she is 'fed up' of not being able to park outside her own home.

The woman, who does not want to be named, is one of a group of residents growing increasingly annoyed by non-residents parking on the roads by their homes in Hinckley.

She said: “I am absolutely fed up with not being able to park outside of my house. I cannot even go out in the car anymore, I walk everywhere or I use public transport.

“The town has parking for workers and leisure users but not for residents who have the right to park outside of their home. I have lived in the town for more than 40 years and I have never known it so bad.”

Now though the residents in the group of side streets may have found a solution to their parking woes.

People in the Mount Road area are being surveyed about the idea of a permit parking scheme, after a string of complaints from drivers struggling to park near where they live.

The road is often full up because of the nearby leisure centre and workers parking up for the day, and Hinckley and District Hospital is also on the street.

A Leicestershire County Council spokesperson said: “We can confirm we are carrying out an informal consultation with 290 properties around the Mount Road area following complaints received from residents of Mount Road, Thornycroft Road, The Lawns, Queens Road, and Hill Street over the past year, specifically requesting a residents parking zone to be considered.

“To understand the views of the community as a whole, as such proposals can be contentious, we usually undertake an informal consultation asking residents do they feel a parking problem is present and would they support a permit parking scheme.

“Consultation letters were hand delivered from officers on Wednesday 7 August advising residents that the consultation would last 3 weeks, after which we would review all feedback, complete an analysis, and decide how to proceed.”

The informal consultation is going on solely to gauge views with no firm plans in place.

It follows a complaint from a longtime town resident to the council, which was supported by Bosworth MP David Tredinnick, asking the authority what was being done to address the issue.

They were then told that a parking review of the town centre was being undertaken as part of Hinckley Area Project.

The council spokesperson said that dependent on feedback, a formal consultation with specific and detailed plans may be carried out.

They said: “All formal consultations are carried out for 21 days, and are advertised in local press, on our website, notice boards placed on site, and of course all identified properties and local members consulted.”