Right, wasn't sure if someone had just posted an old link.
My €2.
I'm in favour of it in some places. If a certain amount of pavement can be left clear, for the sake of the argument 1.5m, then yes. If that can't be achieved (narrow pavements or street furniture that stops that being achieved) then no, you cannot park there.
I see this every day between Ware and Hertford with cars parked and blocking pavements on both sides of the road. Some of those houses have front gardens. Some of those houses also have rear gardens and a garage at the back. They could adapt them for their cars.
In Leighton Buzzard, my ex has a small garage block at the end of her row of 3 houses. There is space to put a car in front of the garages and one in it. She parks on the road in front of her house. The 'drive' is empty and her garage is full of crap.
Some people are just selfish
The government needs to make a policy though, instead of just kicking the can down the partially blocked road.