A parking space that is so small it requires parallel parking to get into it has been approved by a council.
The newly built parking space is just 4.3 metres long compared to a normal six metres.
It was originally refused planning permission by Midlothian planners in Edinburgh who felt it would cause vehicle to overhang onto a pavement, Edinburgh Live reported.
But it got the go-ahead after the resident was urged to parallel park.
Councillor Peter Smaill told the council’s Local Review Body meeting: “A reasonably dexterous driver would be able to park parallel to avoid an overhanging bonnet.”
The space was built by homeowner George Burnett at the end of his front garden after he removed his boundary fence and a shed.
Councillor Smail added: “In the particular circumstances of this quite quiet street with quite wide pavements it would be disproportionate to stop the appeal from succeeding.
“We could perhaps ask for a personal undertaking, I realise these things are difficult to enforce, that there will be no overhanging onto the pavement however the site is approached.
“It probably means a proper dropped kerb, quite a long one, to allow parking at 90 degrees and also parking parallel."
The short parking space was given the nod partly due to its impressive 7.7metre width.
Councillor Jim Muirhead pointed out the irony of cars being parked on pavements across the county while the driveway freed up a parking space.
He said: “We are having a debate here about a vehicle sticking six inches out onto a pavement yet if you look all over Midlothian there are vehicles parked on pavements and pavements being blocked.
“Just me going to my front door and further down the road you cannot get a buggy past because people park on pavements.”
The review body granted planning permission for the drive with a condition that a dropped kerb running the length of the owner’s house would be introduced.
Parking is an issue that deeply concerns members of the British public.
At the end of September The Mirror reported how an angry note was pinned to a car parked so badly a supermarket delivery driver couldn't get down the street.
The offending vehicle was parked in Burton, and reportedly left an Asda driver having to park up and carry the delivery all the way to their customer's door.
The note, left by someone living on the street, reads: "Please think before leaving your car parked like this down this street.
"If an emergency vehicle needed to get through, it couldn't. Please think of others!!!"
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