A proposal to extend yellow lines in a bid to stop selfish parking in a village near Llandrindod Wells is set to go ahead.

Powys County Council’s cabinet member for highways and transport, Liberal Democrat Cllr Jackie Charlton has received a report outlining the results of a consultation held last autumn on proposals to extend parking restrictions at Penybryn in Crossgates.

The move follows concerns over “significant inconsiderate parking,” particularly near the junction and along the sharp bend.

The consultation, held between October 18 and November 18, garnered one objection, one letter of support, and one letter with comments.

Cllr Geoff Morgan, the local county councillor for Crossgates, has backed the proposal. He highlighted the issue of lorries, which are too large to pass under a nearby railway bridge, pulling into the housing estate to turn around. He expressed concern that lorries with trailers reversing onto the southbound side of the A483 to turn around posed “a serious accident risk.”

Cllr Morgan said: “By having double lines in place, this enables the driver to pull in further so enabling them to reverse out without crossing the southbound carriageway, so I am totally in favour of the lines being put in place.”

The letter of objection which is included in the report had pointed out that: “Bungalow number four has no easy access off-road car parking, and the car park is too far to walk for an elderly or disabled resident.

“Double yellow lines outside numbers two and four will immediately disadvantage and discriminate against those tenants and their very particular circumstances.”

However, this objection has been rebutted and the council said: “The objection was received by a resident not affected by the proposals.

“Neither residents of number two or four have objected.

“As they haven’t objected, it is assumed that they are OK with the proposals.”

Cllr Charlton was advised to “note the objection” and go ahead with the scheme.

On Monday, February 10, Cllr Charlton took the delegated decision to overrule the objection to press ahead with the proposal.

The decision is set to come into force on Tuesday, February 18, following a five-day period which allows councillors the opportunity of calling in the decision for scrutiny.