Parking restrictions are set to be added to a road outside Southmead Hospital to prevent patients and visitors blocking access to homes.

Residents in Monks Park Avenue have been complaining about people parking across their driveways for years when they cannot park in the hospital site.

There are also concerns about the issue becoming worse as more contractors arrive on the site for works related to the £430 million superhospital.

Yellow lines will be painted on the road near the hospital entrance and also in nearby Lyddington Rd, Luckington Rd, Biddestone Rd, Latton Rd, Sherston Rd, Northwick Rd and Kenmore Drive.

Ann Clark, 66, has lived in Monks Park Avenue for 20 years. She said: "The only way my family can park when they come to see me is to park on my drive, or across it. Otherwise they have to park at the top of the road.

"It is a problem all day but evenings and weekends there is nothing along here.

"Restrictions should be a big help as long as they don't put it both ways, but time will tell."

Biju Kurian, 36, said: "I have had problems getting into the driveway sometimes when people have been blocking the way.

"I have called the police a few times to ask them to move the cars.

"If there are yellow lines along here it should help. This does not happen at the Bristol Royal Infirmary because there is only pay and display parking on the roads around the hospital."

Stephen Chaney, 48, has lived in Monks Park Avenue for eight years and has always suffered problems with parking.

He said: "I'm a butcher and should have a work van, but there's nowhere for me to park it, so I have to leave home early in the morning instead.

"I would like to have permit parking here but they have said they won't do it because it will be too hard to police.

"People often park across our drive and when we ask them to move they say they've got an appointment to get to."

Councillor Cheryl Ann (Lib Dem, Horfield) said: "Residents have been complaining for years about cars being damaged and service vehicles not being able to get through some of these roads.

"The problem of hospital staff parking in these roads has been made worse recently by contractors working on the new hospital.

"Along with Lib Dem executive members Jon Rogers (transport) and Gary Hopkins (community safety), I met the residents back in May and agreed parking restrictions should be imposed.

"Council officers consulted the public and have now completed plans which will go to a further, statutory period of consultation. I would like to thank all those residents who put forward comments."