Proposals to introduce double yellow lines on 19 roads on Ashford’s Cobbs Wood industrial estate and the Godinton and Repton Park housing estates are a “last resort” to end the parking chaos.

The problems, particularly in roads such as Godinton's Loudon Way, have been described as an accident waiting to happen as up to 20 cars a day park near the junction with Chart Road.

The parked cars cause traffic mayhem at peak times, especially during the school run, with cars often unable to get onto the Godinton Park estate because access is blocked.

The vehicles often remain parked on the housing estate from early morning until about 7pm, left there by people working on the nearby Cobbs Wood industrial estate.

But while Kent County Council and Ashford Borough Council hope introducing parking restrictions across a wide area will solve the problem some residents fear they will simply move the problem to surrounding roads.

Godinton ward member Cllr Bernard Heyes said: “Double yellow lines do not always solve problems. Those cars that were parking there are not going to just disappear, they are going to go somewhere else.

“We have to be very careful when implementing these parking restrictions and double yellow lines was a last resort."

For a map detailing all the roads that will get new parking restrictions and the full story see this week's Kentish Express.