RESIDENTS have told how they are banned from parking on their own STREET and have to move their cars everyday at 8am.

       It comes as Leeds City Council imposed barmy new parking rules - and refused to give permits to locals.

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       Residents cannot leave their cars on the street in Garforth Credit: Yorkshire Post / SWNS

       Now they cannot leave their cars on the street in Garforth, West Yorkshire, or they could be slapped with a hefty fine.

       The new rules mean that residents are not allowed to park anywhere on their own street between 8-10am and 2-4pm.

       Some locals have even started parking on their lawns to avoid getting a ticket.

       Others, like Phil Roche, 70, have resorted to building a driveway.

       He told the Yorkshire Evening Post: "It is just bureaucracy gone mad and very, very insensitive.

       “Surely permits should be afforded to these residents who have lived here for many years.

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       “The council is telling these elderly individuals, and in certain cases ill and infirm residents, they will have to get out of bed before 8am to move their vehicles to find alternative parking."

       He added: "Presumably to clog up adjoining areas and then they are able to bring their vehicles back after 10am - the same instruction between the afternoon hours."

       Meanwhile Resident Pauline Smith said: “It's ridiculous. People are having to park on their lawns so they don't get tickets.”

       A Leeds City Council spokesperson told Mirror Online: “The council has received a significant number of complaints in recent years about problematic parking at school drop off and collection times in this area.

       "Rather than prevent parking all day or for long periods of the day an alternative was put forward and consulted upon.

       "The proposals restricted parking in some locations and formalised the parking in other locations during the specific times of concern.

       “Residents permit parking schemes are not used to resolve school related parking concerns because of the short term nature of these problems at the beginning and end of the school day and the exemptions used in these schemes.”

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