Controversial Australian tennis legend Margaret Court is locked in another scrap, this time over parking near her Victory Life church in Osborne Park.

Osborne Park business owners and commuters are up in arms after the City of Stirling gave the green light to Victory Life Centre’s plan to provide just 154 parking bays for their new 1820-seat auditorium.

The West Australian is reporting the decision was waved through council 10-2, with Court and more than 100 of her flock present for the vote.

The decision came even after the city’s officers raised concerns about the church’s attendees parking in surrounding businesses and in parks reserved for the nearby train station.

The parking bay ruling halves the initial number of bays required when plans for the new mega-church were approved in November.

Shannon Heath, who owns nearby business Park Automotive, was one of several locals to speak out and predict traffic chaos.

“The church seriously needs a big farm or something, somewhere not so central — and the people going to the church need to think about us people at the end of the street,” she said.

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