A plot of land earmarked for a new house is up for sale in a cul-de-sac slammed by residents for its “atrocious” parking.

Those living in Waiblingen Way have been campaigning for improvements to the parking situation for some time, with some claiming that parked cars block the road and make it “unsafe.”

Last year, outline plans for a detached town house at the end of the street were approved and an appeal against some of the conditions of this decision was later dismissed.

The plot of land earmarked for this potential development is now on the market for a price of £150,000.

The development neighbours a block of homes that once made national headlines for being shaped like a swastika.

This site lies at the eastern end of Waiblingen Way and its eastern boundary is the steel fence in front of Dyehouse Lane.

Two garages currently sit on the plot, either side of a tarmacked area.

(Image: Birkmyre Property) Parking has long been a contentious issue on the long, narrow road, and many feel that “significant bottlenecks” are often caused by commuter parking in the area.

Last September some claimed that bus companies had withdrawn local services as a result, leaving people without public transport options.

Devizes Town Council has previously supported a request for parking management, but the Local Highways and Footway Improvement Group (LHFIG) felt a better approach would be to raise awareness of the dangers of speeding and of the need to park carefully and considerately.

Last year, a petition was launched by Laura Johns asking for improvements to help reduce parking on the “unsafe” street.

She believes that the current situation could prevent emergency services responding to incidents.

(Image: Birkmyre Property) She said: “The road is extremely unsafe for children, animals, elderly and emergency services. 

“For years the parking around here has been atrocious.

“99.9 per cent of the time the parking around here is so bad that emergency services cannot get down here, and with elderly and children this is not okay.

“It's that bad that if there was a real emergency, emergency services would not be able to get down here.”

She also believes some residents are unable to park on their own street.

Ms Johns added: “It also isn't particularly fair that when some residents who work out of town for work and don't get home until 6pm have nowhere to park.

“People who also do not live on the street park on it, people who work close by park on it, and people that use the doctor’s surgery park on it.”