Parking at "The Square" King's Sutton

In June I received a letter and drawings of the double yellow lines around The Square, Whittall St and Astrop Rd. When I looked at them in detail it became apparent that the yellow lines on The Square were different from existing, an increase of 11 metres to be exact.

Whereas I fully accept that the old cottages in King's Sutton were not designed for the car; cars are a necessary means of travel in our rural communities. The new proposals from the County Council would have meant that 7 cars that currently park on The Square would no longer be able to do so. This would have exacerbated the parking issues we have within the village and caused a lot of problems for residents of The Square.

I wrote to the Transport department at the County Council outlining the current double yellow lines situation and requested that they provide changed plans detailing the parking restrictions as they currently were; rather an increased restriction of 11 metres. Thankfully last week I received a letter and revised drawings to this effect and I would like to thank the County Council for the swift resolution of what could have been an extremely tricky matter.