Plans to further cut parking in a road which local businesses claimed would force them to close have been scrapped.

Last month it was announced that Redbridge council was planning to include grass verges in a parking ban in Hermon Hill, first implemented in early 2013 from 8.30am to 6.30pm.

It was designed to stop commuters parking in the road that stretches from Wanstead to South Woodford, though there was a small stretch of grass verges left free of restrictions.

But the council confirmed yesterday that plans to include the grass verges in the ban had been scrapped after it received objections from residents and business owners in the road.

James Palmer, who owns Dipsticks Tyres and Exhausts Garage, uses these grass verges to leave cars which come in for an MOT, and he feared a ban would leave him with no where to put the cars.

Responding to this last month, Redbridge council said the ban on parking on the grass verges was due to numerous complaints about its poor condition caused by cars.

Lib Dem Cllr Ian Bond, of the Roding ward, said he was disappointed at the lack of consultation before the plans were made public by council officers.

He said: “The council should have been aware of the sensitivity of parking arrangements along Hermon Hill, from previous experience, and we are disappointed that it did not consult fully with ward councillors and other local residents before developing and pressing ahead with proposed changes.

“The council has now committed that any further changes to parking arrangements in Hermon Hill will be discussed with local councillors before being progressed.”

East London and West Essex Guardian Series:

The plan to ban parking on the grass verges in Hermon Hill has been scrapped.