Fight for layby parking on Cryers Hill Road near Great Kingshill rumbles on

The strip, which lies by the side of Cryers Hill Road near Hughenden Valley is commonly used by parents when dropping off and picking up their children from the nearby Great Kingshill C of E Combined School.

However it has also been used by a nearby vehicle removals company, Saunders, to park large car transporter lorries, two of which were spotted on Wednesday afternoon.

The layby pictured back in November 2015

Back in November, the school’s head teacher Joanne Garlick claimed the parking situation was “very dangerous” for pupils.

Saunders would not confirm they owned another unbranded transporter, which has not moved from the layby for as long as three years according to one parent, despite the vehicle containing a number of documents with Saunders Recovery letter heads visible through the windscreen.

The vehicle in question is parked legally and taxed until April 1 2017. It carries a Ford with expired road tax and a Peugeot which has been declared off the road.

The layby pictured this week

In a short statement Transport for Bucks said: “TfB is aware of the situation of large vehicles using the layby however there are no current restrictions to prevent parking there.

“We are looking into a solution however there will be time and cost implications which need to be considered prior to any restrictions being put in place.”

Another image of the layby this week

Graham Saunders, owner of Saunders, said: “Why should people tell us where to park our vehicles? If they are parked legally what is the issue?

“The school should provide more parking. The layby is not just for them. I don’t expect to be told where I can and cannot park.”

Neil Harris, a parent at the school, said: “The transporters being here means the layby is not doing what it was meant to do when it was built five or six years ago.

“It was always meant for the kids – they should not be here.”