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New government guidance will allow homeowners to rent out their drives for a single car without making a planning application.
It comes after some town halls demanded that households apply for "change of use" planning permission costing £385, with the threat of a £20,000 fine if they did not.
Householders could earn more than £200 each month renting out their parking space, according to moneysavingexpert.com.
Several internet companies have been set up to help households rent out their spare or unused dedicated off-street parking space near town centres, train stations and sports grounds.
Householders wishing to change their garden into a car park or for other commercial uses would still require planning permission.
It emerged this week that some councils were racking up huge surpluses from their parking-charge activities, according to figures from the RAC Foundation .
In 2011/12, English councils had a total current account surplus of £565m from their on-street and off-street parking operations.
This is a £54m increase on the £511m surplus in 2010/11, said the foundation.