FURIOUS residents have slammed Southend Council over plans to ban them parking outside their own homes. Southend Council is set to impose double yellow lines outside the Mulberry Gate block of flats at the junction of Thorpe Hall Avenue and Acacia Drive in Thorpe Bay. Residents say there is not enough space in a private car park but Southend Council insist safety is the priority. Frank Turvey, 76, said: “They have not consulted with us about it at all. “They are just doing whatever they want to do. “We can’t park outside our flats but we can park on the other side of the road and the grass verge that runs down the middle of the road.