Sorry, probably not penguin bollard worthy or indeed diagram worthy and more WWYD....
Last year our local authority sent out surveys about whether or not my street and a few others in its vicinity wanted to be permit only. We were probably the only 3 streets to not be permit holders only Mon-Sat within a mile.
We are in London and live within walking distance of a mainline train station and (one that's included on the cross rail development), meaning we've always had people parking and walking to the station, clogging up the residential road and forcing residents that are unlucky enough to not have secured a spot before rush hour to park 3 streets away. We also have a local business at the end of our street.
Once the permits came in traffic was noticeably lighter and stayed that way for about 8 months. However over the last few months it's become increasingly busy again. I watched someone park and walk off as I was leaving my house and noticed that he had a business permit. 4 other cars were on the street (in my walking path I didn't walk out of my to check them) with business permits, but the business I know these belong to (You see the same people going in and out) has parking for 8-10 cars. All of these are empty. So the business has reserved parking for its employees, who are now applying for business permits, and leaving their employee spaces clear for customers because customers have no where to park.
We're on a mainline station line, with 4 bus routes and another train station within a 3 minute walk so we aren't out in the sticks this is an accounting firm not a builders yard.... it just feels a bit unfair that we are almost back to how we were and fighting for space because this business has found a loophole.
Very much a first world problem, but does anyone have any solutions or know if the council would have any way with dealing with this?