Rizwan Goni, who lives in Shirley Gardens, was given the ticket late in the evening of May 21 while he was watching the Europa League final at home.
It comes after Barking and Dagenham Council started to enforce dropped kerb restrictions, effectively preventing anyone without a waiver from parking outside their own homes.
Although Mr Goni has a waiver, this is only valid for his father’s car, which means he risks a fine every time he parks one of his own cars outside his driveway.
He has asked the local authority for another waiver, which cost £30 for a year, but claims he was told only one could be issued for each household in his road.
Mr Goni told the Barking and Dagenham Post that he felt the council’s policy was a “money-making scheme” rather than a genuine bid to crack down on illegal parking.
“The logic behind it does not make sense,” he explained. “If you’re going to give one dropped kerb waiver, the driveway is going to be blocked anyway.
“It’s such a minor thing, but it’s such a big thing for residents.
“I’ve got three cars in my house – my dad goes to work late, and I go to work early so it’s just been an absolute nightmare.
“Sometimes the dropped kerb is free for the whole day, but I can’t park there because my car doesn’t have a waiver. Instead, I’m taking up a residential bay someone else could use.”
Mr Goni added that local people were fed up after years of the council introducing more and more parking restrictions.
Five years ago, the council introduced a controlled parking zone (CPZ) in his street, preventing anyone without a permit from parking.
“It’s one thing after another after another,” he said. “Before the CPZ, you could park anywhere.
“Nobody ever parked outside anyone else’s driveway – we never had any issues.
“But now they’ve made these new policies, and we have no say. I am absolutely furious.
“It’s absolutely disgusting that they can do whatever they want and get away with it.”
A council spokesperson did not respond directly about Mr Goni’s case, but said that it is “not common practice” to allow parking across dropped kerbs in any CPZ.
“However, we introduced a dropped kerb waiver in 2022 which allows each household with a dropped kerb to park one specified vehicle on the footway to benefit from additional parking, should it be needed in addition to driveway parking,” they added.
