PERMITS and double yellow lines could be rolled out in Blackbird Leys to cover the roads nearest the Mini plant and other businesses.

It is all part of a £10,000 scheme aiming to solve the estate’s chronic parking problems once and for all.

Leys residents have long complained that people who work there park on residential streets to save time, causing access problems for locals and emergency services.

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City councillor for the area Linda Smith is now hoping to get backing for her plan to get these cars off the estate and back into designated car parks.

She wants residents-only permits introduced to the bays in Druce Way and will launch a consultation in the coming months to see if this has the backing of people who live there.

Currently there are no restrictions on these bays, allowing workers to pinch the places meant for households.

The second part of the scheme would see more restrictions placed on Ashmole Place and Sandy Lane.

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Parts of these streets where people are known to park dangerously or in a manner that blocks off rest of the road will get double yellows.

Ms Smith said: “These areas have been identified as the hot-spots that bear the brunt of the issue.

“It’s the number one complaint among residents - they are totally fed up of being unable to park near their home.

“These are very narrow streets and emergency service vehicles would struggle to get through, while people parking on the pavement make it hard for those with buggies of wheelchairs to get past.

“It is people being lazy and saving themselves a few minutes.

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“The main aim is to stop workers parking there when they have lots of other options.”

The county council, which controls highways, has shown support for the plans but a rough estimate has put the cost at £10,000 in work and legal fees.

Ms Smith has offered to fund part of it through her ward budget while the rest of the money is hoped to come from the parish council.

The details of the plans, including timings, will be worked out during the consultation.

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It is thought that problems on the streets have got worse since cars started getting tickets for parking beneath the eastern bypass road at the roundabout and there are fears more action could only move the problem on again.

But Ms Smith said she felt the less convenient it was for workers to park on local streets, the more likely they were to use the official parking spaces instead.

She added: “It is a real headache at the moment and I think this will make a difference.”

Parish council chairman John Dillon said: “This is certainly something we are very interested in and we will be looking at the proposals closely.”