A £300,000 review of footway parking is likely to get the go-ahead at a meeting of Redbridge Council’s cabinet tonight.

The proposal follows a deluge of complaints from angry motorists who have been ticketed for pavement parking on narrow roads where the practice has gone unpunished for years.

Ken Humphrys, 68, was ticketed in March after parking with two wheels up outside his home in Hillington Gardens,  Woodford Green.

He said: “I got the fine overturned at adjudication, but loads of people on this road got ticketed and I’m not sure they all appealed.

“There was never any trouble about doing it before this year, and a lot of the time you have to to otherwise there is no room for vehicles to get down the road.

“I’m glad they are doing this review because at least everyone will know where they stand at the end of it.”

Residential roads wider than 7.3m will not be considered for inclusion in an updated directory of roads where footway parking is allowed.

And to be considered for inclusion in the new list, footway parking would have to leave a minimum of 1.2m space for pedestrians on the pavement.

One road already included in the scheme is Croft Lodge Close in Woodford Green where residents argued emergency vehicles and bin lorries were unable to access the road if cars did not park with two wheels up.

The council has since allowed footway parking in the road.

Adrian Birch of Croft Lodge Close took appeals for two tickets issued to him before the changes to adjudicators and won.

He said: “This review is long overdue because the council have just been enforcing things where they want.

“They said things were black and white here, but they weren’t and we have proved that.

“What that proves is that they must talk to residents when they carry out this review.”

The council says that the £300,00 which will be spent on the review and subsequent signing and lining will be recouped from income from parking enforcement.

Alex Wilson, cabinet member for Environment and Transportation, said:

“This review will provide clarity on an issue that has been a bit of a grey area across the borough.

“Hopefully we can resolve things once and for all.”