Parking chiefs are to "blitz" streets near Winchester's Peter Symonds' College after complaints from neighbours.

Residents lobbied the cabinet on Wednesday, presenting a petition of 46 signatures and claiming the support of city MP, Mark Oaten.

Philip Jones, of Cranworth Road, said: "The problem we face in Cranworth, Owens and Brassey Roads is not just parking but traffic. The students arrive at 8.15 to 8.30am, just at the time the children are being taken to Nethercliffe School. The students are trying to park in a very limited space, creating absolute chaos."

Mr Jones said the problem was that the two-hour waiting limit was not being properly policed.

"We are told by the parking office there are three scheduled days on which one sweep is made through there. How can two-hour parking be policed by one visit three days a week?" he said.

But Neville Crisp, traffic engineer, said that would soon change.

"The parking office is going to blitz the area on a regular basis in the near future, which should get the message across."

Council leader, Sheila Campbell, said: "A couple of fines for the students who are abusing the two-hour limit should do the trick."

But David Warren, the college bursar, said that while there was no certainty about whose cars were causing the problems, the college would have no sympathy for students caught breaking the rules.

"We do support the city council and we have made it clear to staff and students that the streets are limited time parking, for temporary use,"he added.

He said there were more than 2,500 students but only 55 had permits to park on site - either because they were disabled or could not realistically travel by public transport.

The cabinet agreed to amend a traffic regulation order to reintroduce a short stretch of residents-only parking on the south side of Hatherley Road and that officers should re-examine the issue of returning the whole of one side of the road to residents-only parking.