People who shelled out thousands of pounds for an extra parking space have hit out at the council over the roll-out of parking restrictions.

Residents living in the controlled parking zone (CPZ) being introduced in roads near the Tottenham Hotspur stadium said they could be forced to park miles away from their homes on match days because the council has painted yellow lines in front of their drives.

At a meeting of Haselbury ward forum yesterday (Wednesday, September 19), they complained they had paid £2,500 for dropped kerbs in front of their drives to free up space so visitors and other family members could park on the clogged-up streets.

But they were not told that the roll-out of the CPZ would stop them from using the extra space on days when Tottenham Hotspur play at their home ground.

Salih Mustafa, who lives on Derwent Avenue, said: “Our issue is people paid £2,500 for the driveway. They (the council) have gone round and put yellow lines across the driveway.

“We want the yellow lines removed. We don’t mind the white boxes staying.

“It is not fair to have yellow lines when you have paid £2,500 for a driveway.

“Now I will not be able to park on a match day. You have issued us with these tickets; it is saying you can park on a yellow line any other day, but not on a match day.”

Mr Mustafa added that the majority of people living on Derwent Avenue, Pentyre Avenue and Weir Hall Gardens signed a petition against the yellow lines – but the council put them in anyway.

David Taylor, head of traffic and transportation at Enfield Council, said: “One of the disadvantages of a CPZ is you have to have either bays marked where you can park or yellow lines where you can’t. You can’t really change that

“Some good news is we are not saying we got that scheme right on the first go.

“What we want to do is, as soon as the stadium opens and we have some experience operating it, we are committed to reviewing it.

“That could mean we come back in and change the boundaries and make further changes.”

But Mr Taylor added there could be a problem enforcing parking restrictions if someone else were to park in front of the kerb and there were no yellow lines.

He said: “Essentially the choice could be stay in the zone and keep the yellow lines, or come out of it.”

The CPZ is designed to protect residents’ parking on match days and encourage football fans to use public transport instead of driving to the stadium.

People living in the CPZ have been issued with permits so they can park in the designated bays.

The new Tottenham Hotspur stadium on High Road will be able to hold more than 62,000 people – nearly double the capacity of their old ground at White Hart Lane.

Originally expected to be ready for the start of the 2018-19 season, its opening has been pushed back due to construction issues – and recent reports suggest it may not be ready until next year.

Mr Taylor assured people that their three-year permits would be valid from the opening of the stadium and denied plans were being made to start charging for the CPZ once that time was up.