Parking, dog fouling and rubbish.

Would they form your top three when it comes to the Holy Trinity of issues that control the condition of our streets?

As he tried to tether his recycling in the face of Storm Bert this week, my colleague Chris Britcher argued that its littering to frequently gets us all riled up.

I would hazard a guess parking probably comes in at a very close second?

And a pavement parking ban reportedly remains on the table as Whitehall officials mull over potential new driving laws.

While the previous government dipped into the issue - perhaps prompted by new rules in Scotland which outlawed the practice in 2023 - no action was taken on the consultation that put forward various options.

That report however, and its recommendations, await a response from the new Labour leaders in charge and following in Scotland’s footsteps has apparently not been entirely ruled out.

As someone who lives in a relatively new house - and is a two-car household - on-street parking is a frequent bone of contention in our neck of the woods.

Undoubtedly made worse by planning rules that allocated our house and the hundreds of properties that surround us with one dedicated parking space each many many moons ago in favour of a promise of good public transport links instead.

It’s worth noting no buses run through here anymore, and haven't done for some time, and instead the old bus stop has, ironically, become an unofficial parking area while the rest of us squeeze and shunt our (additional) vehicles around in an endless game of musical spaces.

Sometimes that means parking on the pavement.

It’s not lazy - as a recent motoring survey suggested - or careless.

It’s simply the reality, like many places, where the number of people and vehicle owners now heavily outnumber available space on new and much narrower streets.

Where I used to live - the introduction of residents’ permits in one area created a very similar problem in another.

As someone who has pushed buggies and shepherded wobbly children on bikes and trikes through pavements lined with cars bumped up the kerb I’m also not immune to appreciating how frustrating - and dangerous - it can be to see paths turned into car parks.

It also makes for a very strong argument when debating the merits of outlawing such behaviour.

The question is, if the government was ever bold enough to press ahead, what would we all do with our cars?