CEREDIGION council wants to extend an experimental order which has seen motorhomes banned from parking on Aberystwyth promenade.

A report due to be put before Cabinet members recommends extending the order which prohibits the parking of vehicles designed or adapted for sleeping or cooking from 11pm to 8am on New Promenade and South Marine Terrace.

Originally introduced in March 2015, despite opposition from motorhome owners who flock to Aberystwyth each summer, the experimental order is due to run until September.

But Cabinet member for transportation, Alun Williams, is seeking approval from fellow Cabinet members to extend the trial to “allow assessment of the impact of the opening of a 500 plus space multi-storey car park at Mill Street on parking on the seafront”.

The report said the order was introduced “following complaints from local residents that camper vans were parking for long periods of time, causing nuisance, and monopolising on-street parking spaces”.

“During the initial six months, 26 objections were received from 19 objectors, most of whom identified themselves as not being residents of Ceredigion,” the report said.

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