WEYMOUTH residents have gained support for an application to put double yellow lines in their own road.

Residents of Waverley Road have requested that the existing yellow lines there be replaced by double yellow lines with blips due to concerns around an increased number of cars, vans and lorries parking illegally on the single yellow lines.

They claim that the situation has been getting worse and that vehicles from local businesses are parking there, obstructing parts of the road and making them impassable.

Furthermore, they say the situation is only set to get worse as a new build of nine flats and a maisonette is planned for the road, bringing with it more cars and congestion.

The request from ten residents of Waverley Road and Cllr David Gray was put to members of the Weymouth Town Council planning committee on Tuesday, November 26.

Cllr Gray addressed the panel and said the whole area was congested: "The residents on that road currently are concerned that they are getting the vehicles from businesses and cant get off their driveways safely.

"Couple that with the flats going up there will be more pressure on this road and on the turning circle. Residents feel it is going to get worse.

"We have had Dorset Council come down and assess it and I will be meeting the residents again."

Cllr Christine James did not feel that the double yellow lines would solve the problem with parking in Weymouth.

She said: "I'm not going to agree because you are just going to move the problem elsewhere.

"There's just more cars than there is road space. We all don't want people parking outside our houses but that's just the way it is."

Cllr Lucy Hamilton said that, although this seems like an "extreme" case, Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) take time and residents' expectations should be managed as such.

Cllr Oz Kanji echoed this sentiment. He said: "I have been waiting for four years for something to be done in Southill. A man came down and had a look but I am still waiting."

The application for a TRO gained the majority support of the planning committee and will now go to the next stage at Dorset Council.