Residents are calling for firms in Idle to cut the number of heavy goods vehicles parking outside their homes.

Councillor Jeanette Sunderland (Lib Dem, Idle) said residents living near the Parkland Business Centre have to put up with lorries parking outside their homes at night as they wait for the business centre to open each morning.

Many of the lorries deliver goods to the businesses from as far afield as Turkey and Croatia and have no option but to wait on Albion Road because the gates to the business centre are locked overnight.

A spokesman for the centre said the firms involved had set up a working group with residents in a bid to resolve the situation.

Coun Sunderland today claimed the parked lorries were invading the privacy of residents living in Albion Road, Leeds Road and Three Nooked Mews, all roads near the business centre.

But she added that steps were being taken to resolve the situation after a "positive" meeting between residents, business owners and councillors at the Springfield Centre in Idlethorp Way.

At the meeting some residents claimed lorries, which park opposite houses, often block the path of pedestrians making their way along the bottom of Albion Road.

"I was approached by residents about the huge problems with lorry drivers parking overnight outside properties," said Coun Sunderland.

"They were unhappy about the way the drivers can look into houses. There is a definite issue of intrusion there.

"We had a meeting about it which the manager of the business centre attended and I must say he was very helpful.

"We then had another meeting at which he reported back on the action the businesses had taken.

"It seems that clearly some residents are not happy about some of the issues but we are working towards a solution."

John Simpson, a spokesman for Parkland Business Centre, said: "It was our proposal at the meeting that we set up a working group between the business centre, residents and local officials.

"The points being made by residents are understandable and right. We want to work with them to find solutions."

Mr Simpson added that one of the companies had cut down the number of deliveries arriving from Eastern Europe at night since the complaints had been made.

Coun Sunderland said the working group will meet again on August 6 to assess the situation.