PARKING restrictions which could see residents fined £100 for parking outside their own homes will be reviewed following complaints.

Housing developer Taylor Wimpey introduced restrictions to its Great Western Park estate in Didcot, parts of which are still under construction, to prevent “dangerous” parking.

But residents hit out after the restrictions came into force in Blackthorn Road, Greenfinch Road and Sir Frank Williams Avenue on Monday.

Now the developer has said the 12-month contract with parking enforcement company PCM UK would be reviewed every three months.

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Spokeswoman Abby Davies said the company wrote to homeowners saying parking was not permitted in those roads as it posed an obstruction to “main infrastructure roads used by construction traffic, buses and eventually heavy goods lorries delivering to the planned food store”.

But, she said, after that approach proved unsuccessful, the company felt it had to consider enforcement.

Nick Hards, Oxfordshire county councillor for Didcot West, said there was “a lot of bad feeling about what has happened”.

He said: “I think there needs to be a continuing dialogue between residents and developers on this.

“In certain parts of the estate there is a feeling that the way the roads have been built was not the way they were originally planned, so there is less space for car parking than expected.”

Some residents living in the 600 homes already built said they were not properly consulted over the move and urged Taylor Wimpey to reconsider.

Human resources manager Trish Chaisty, 44, who lives in Blackthorn Road, said her family would be badly affected by the ruling.

She lives in her four-bedroom house with husband John, 53, a logistics manager, and their two daughters Leanne, 25, and Laura, 22.

There is room on the drive for the two cars driven by Mr and Mrs Chaisty but no room for cars owned by their daughters.

Mrs Chaisty said she contacted Taylor Wimpey to complain after receiving a letter about the scheme on October 27 but claims the firm has not yet suggested a suitable alternative location where her daughters could park.

She said: “The restriction has been introduced because there has been some dangerous parking but residents should not be facing fines in this way.”

Great Western Park Residents’ Association chairman John Boden said: “It’s a private estate so Taylor Wimpey can do what they want.”

Parking fines will be reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days.

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