Dave Plowman wrote:

An estate built near here about 30 years ago doesn't have anything
like enough parking for the cars people will inevitably have. Done
deliberately at planning time.

On this estate the houses were built without garages but a long drive at
the side of the house, sufficient for 3-4 cars. Most houses have since
built an attached garage and kitchen extension (of course modern cars
don't fit into the garage, so many have converted subsequently been
converted into a habitable room) reducing the drive to the length of one
car (those with 4x4s leave bumpers sticking into the path) but of course
they now have two or three cars ... hence the road is like an obstacle
course.