'Doncaster Council vehicles damaged the grass verges on our estate and left them without repair'

A Doncaster woman has slammed the local council for leaving a grass verge outside her home unrepaired as numerous vehicles, including some belonging to the City of Doncaster Council, parked on the verge, causing significant damage.

Carole Phillips, a resident of the Clay Lane estate, said the issue of people parking on the grass verge outside her home had been around for many years, but had become worse in recent months.

Works being done on the estate over the winter saw numerous council vehicles parking on the verge, which is clay, and digging in during poor, wet weather.

“We try to keep it nice, but it’s an eyesore,” Carole told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).

She added: “Years ago, we used to take soil out of the garden and fill the wells ourselves, but then, as quick as we’d fill it, people were parking there again.

“What people don’t realise is, with it being clay, when there’s heavy rain their cars there just sink.”

Carole’s displeasure was compounded when, after the works during the winter, bollards and a parking lay-by were installed further up the road, where she said there had never been an issue with parking.

She told the LDRS similar measures would be welcomed on the verge outside her own home.

“Whether anything will be done about it, I don’t know. The council have not even answered,” She added.

Carole, who has lived in her home for 29 years, claimed to have contacted the council three weeks prior about the issue, but has not received any sort of response.

She said people often walk on the verges as well, and she considered the deep damage to the grass to be a potential health hazard.

A spokesperson for the council said: “We are aware of a number of concerns around parking in the Clay Lane Estate area and are currently looking into possible solutions. Any potential changes will be discussed with residents to make sure they work for the local community.”