In the town near to me, the high street is just two lanes and has double yellow lines along the full length for good reason. The pavement is very high, so most car drivers won't mount the pavement. If someone parks on the double yellow it causes a real back log. There's ample cheap (30p) parking in the car parks behind both sides of the High Street, and there's always space available, so there's no need to park on the High Street - Selfish Fuckers
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Parking and parking spaces are a really integral part of all new building planning applications now, as are requirements for access to public transport connections.
Most councils will refuse planning unless your application includes a specified ratio of parking spaces per household size and many insist that you include bicycle parking as well as EV charging. This often applies to refurbs and conversions of existing building. Caveats are often allowed if you are within X walking distance to a train station or major bus route.
That means that on street residential parking is being reduced and hopefully enforced more.