East Suffolk Council has announced plans to withdraw the Resident Exemption parking scheme where town centre parking was used to create additional space for those living in or by them.

But for people in Bungay, this is a "draconian decision" that means parking in car parks away hundreds of yards away from their homes - and costing them nearly nine times more.

The scheme was introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic as an "interim measure" to maintain a balance between the parking needs of visitors and residents.

People who were eligible for the exemption permits paid £50 a year but if it is withdrawn, a permit in a council-owned long stay car park will cost £425 a year.

The arrangements were due to come in next month, but such is the anger in the town that the council has suspended its plans for a review to be carried out.

John Letters has raised concerns about the impact on both residents and visitors (Image: John Letters)

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John Letters, who has lived in Broad Street for the last four years, said: "If all of us who currently have on street parking now have to use long stay car........

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