Fury in beautiful UK seaside town as heated row over parking erupts
Some tourists say they won't come back to the town after a new parking ban was announced.
Motorhome owners have been banned from parking overnight in one of North Yorkshire's best spots after rubbish, fires and illegal parking angered locals.
Tourists had been parking at spots on Royal Albert Drive in Scarborough and Osgodby Hill and Filey Road in Cayton Bay.
But they will now be banned from doing so between the hours of 11pm and 7am, starting from September.
The ban will be enforced for 18 months.
John Senior MBE, a Scarborough seafront business owner and a spokesman for the business community, told GB News: "We are very lucky to have the Marine Drive, which is basically a linear park and ride for the town.
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"A standard large motorhome will take up two to three parking spaces, and there is a limited amount of parking of around 400 to 500 places.
"If they are taken up completely by motorhomes, which they are, unfortunately, then there really isn't any way for our day trippers and people that want to come and enjoy the resort for a couple of hours or a few hours to actually use.
"It isn't designed to take these sorts of vehicles, however much they're welcome, because Scarborough is open to everybody.
"We also have a problem with free campers at the moment. On top of that, with the camper vans, we're turning the whole of that castle headland into a free camping site, and that's not what it's designed to be.
"North Yorkshire Council have urged that they are not waging war against the campervan and motorhome community. But the planned overnight ban has caused anger amongst some owners of the tourist vehicles."
But motorhome owner Steve is not happy with the ban.
He said: "The wrong people are getting punished. It's all the idiots that are coming in, cars that are racing up and down at night time, lighting fires, having barbecues. The people in the motorhomes aren't doing that.
"Instead of banning people, they want to get some enforcement, drive around, issue fines there and then on the spot.
"It's a waste of time, but as soon as the ban's in force, I won't be coming back."
Kelly and Dominic Clarke, a couple who spent their weekend in Scarborough, say the ban could stop them from visiting again.
Kelly said: "We are spending money here. People that stop overnight are going to go for breakfast and drinks in the evening." said Kelly.
"They're going to spend money here. It would put us off coming if we couldn't stop overnight."
Her husband Dominic continued: "It's not as if you're outside someone's house or like that, you're out of the way."According to a report, Civil Enforcement Officers will enforce the restrictions from 13 September “and earlier if possible”.
