People living in Southbroom Road in Devizes have asked the town council to support their plea for the introduction of residents-only parking outside their homes.

Councillors have been told the residents are increasingly concerned that there has been a rise in the number of private cars, business vehicles and town commuters now using the limited amount of parking space available to residents during the normal working day, and which stretches throughout the evening, overnight and over the weekend.

Devizes town clerk Simon Fisher told the council’s Community & Civic Resources Committee: “They believe having residents-only parking will assist the affected residents to carry out any normal daily or weekly tasks that require their vehicles, without the concern that on their return, no space would be available and must therefore find alternative parking which can be some distance away from their property.”

The residents want a residential parking zone between house numbers 73 and 87 Southbroom Road.

However, they were told at the meeting that this was a request which Wiltshire Council would have to consider and that at least 50 per cent of people living in the area would have to be consulted before a decision could be made by the county authority.