A Norwich parking campaigner has called for city homes to lose parking permits to solve issues with pavement obstructions.

Willem Buttinger has become frustrated with cars in the Golden Triangle clogging up paths in streets such as Sandringham Road, Gladstone Road and Pembroke Road as they overhang the pavement.

He says vehicles in the area have made it "impossible" to pass them without walking in the road, with buggies, wheelchairs and mobility scooters unable to use the paths.

Norwich Evening News: Willem Buttinger who is proposing removing parking permits from city homesWillem Buttinger who is proposing removing parking permits from city homes (Image: Willem Buttinger)

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Mr Buttinger, who unsuccessfully contested the Town Close ward for the Green Party in city council elections last year, says the issue should be resolved by removing parking permits for homes in the affected streets when current tenants move out.

He says this would mean new people moving into the street would not be able to park outside their houses and would need to consider not having a car.

He said: "I've just got fed up with this. There's strong local feeling. I put it on Nextdoor.co.uk and in just days I've had more than 1,000 responses.

"Restricting permits will be a lot easier to implement than the imposition of yellow lines on one side of the road, which they could do once things calm down.

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Norwich Evening News: Parking issues in Pembroke RoadParking issues in Pembroke Road (Image: Willem Buttinger)

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"It should eventually make the ward a more pleasant place to live.

"I do a lot of walking in the area and you just can't use the paths anymore, especially near the Fat Cat, you have to go into the road."

Pavement parking is currently only illegal in London however it is illegal to cause an obstruction which could be considered dangerous.

Mr Buttinger has now sent a survey to all of the homes in two of the roads affected asking them if they would support measures to reduce parking, which he plans to use when he approaches local councils.