RESIDENTS in Chorley have 'bin' getting upset over a council appeal to shift their rubbish to the end of a road to make it easier for refuse collectors to pick up.

Double parking on Harrison Road has made it impossible for the bin wagon to drive up to properties and collect the rubbish from outside people's doors.

The council wrote to residents this week after a series of access difficulties and irregular collections.

Angry residents, including families with young children and older people, have said they have as much right to expect collections from outside their homes as other people in the borough.

Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle, who has taken up the residents' battle, said: "They do all pay council tax yet it would appear that they are not entitled to the same rights as other residents in Chorley borough."

But Chorley Borough Council is standing by its request to ask the residents to move their bins to the end of the road for collection.

If residents refuse the council has the power to serve a formal notice on a householder.

The householder can then appeal to a magistrates' court if he or she feels the requirement is unreasonable.

Simon Clark, principal environmental health officer at Chorley Borough Council, said: "We stand by our decision. It is a trial to see if it improves the collection of the service on Harrison Road.

"If we find there are problems with it we will have to review it. But we have to provide a service to the rest of the borough and that means providing an efficient service.

"We have done it in several other areas without a hitch," he added.