Concerns have been raised about cars parking on a pavement along a Suffolk village street causing problems for pedestrians.

The situation in High Road, Trimley St Mary has been raised on social media with posters saying the vehicles parking over the kerb made it difficult for pedestrians to get through and blaming new housing developments in the area for increasing the number of cars needing to park.

The main area of concern is the pavement on the opposite side of the road from St Martin and St Mary's Church and close to the Mariners pub and Two Sisters Arts Centre, although vehicles also park on the pavement on the church side of the road.

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However, Nicky Dunn, clerk of Trimley St Mary Parish Council, said any measures to ban parking by painting double yellow lines were likely to meet with opposition from residents who would not have anywhere to park.

She added double yellows could also impact the business of the Morrisons shop in High Road on the opposite of Church Lane from the church, as well as creating problems for older and less able church goers who needed to park close by for services.

"To put lines down there would certainly be impacting on the quality of life for an awful lot of people and we would certainly not want that," she said.

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One poster on the Trimley Facebook community page described how he had taken his one-year-old son for a walk on Christmas Day, but had to walk around cars that had parked across the pavement leaving 'no room for pedestrians to get by'.

He said planners should be 'held accountable' for allowing too much development which was feeding into the problems on the road.

Another poster added: "I completely support this post.

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"Whilst pushing my toddler and baby, it is a nightmare walking along the high road, especially at school times when people park on the road near the academy.

"I’m often pushing my baby and toddler on the road, around cars parked on the high road, which is completely unacceptable."

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