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Parking zone proposal splits residents

Supporters and opponents of new scheme criticise the council’s latest version

by Sarah Booker-Lewis - local democracy reporter
Friday 2 Jun, 2023 at 8:58PM
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New parking controls in Hollingdean? Have your say

Horton Road in Hollingdean

Residents for and against a controlled parking zone in Hollingdean have criticised the latest proposals.

They spoke out as Brighton and Hove City Council consults the public on a scheme with restrictions from 8am to 8pm.

The latest proposals are under discussion a year after the first consultation when residents were asked if they wanted a controlled parking zone (CPZ) in principle.

The move followed the creation of “zone U”, covering the Bear Road and Coombe Road area.

When the zone was introduced, several drivers started parking in Hollingdean instead where permits were not required and there were no charges.

Hollingdean resident Andi Southern said that he supported the scheme in principle but was concerned that roads to the north and east of the area were not included.

Mr Southern was also concerned about the percentage of parking available to non-residents through the council’s pay-by-phone parking app.

He believes that half the roads north of Hollingdean Place, known locally as The Dip, would be available for non-resident parking.

He said: “I do have concerns that Hollingdean (unlike Fiveways) is being set up as an acceptable short-term car park, given the amount of pay and display parking.

“(It’s) far more than is needed. The needs of residents to have visitors or who are having work done could be met by about 25 per cent of the spaces currently available for non-residents to park in.

“Why so many spaces for non-residents? How does it compare in numerical terms to Fiveways allocations?

“The council should arrange a consultation event so residents can meet with the planners and talk them through the local issues so their expertise can be used.

“At the moment, it feels like residents are not properly involved. We have been living with these issues for years so we have a lot of valuable knowledge.”

Mr Southern said that he was also frustrated that there was no option to say “no” to the scheme as it currently stood but “yes” to the concept.

He said: “I voted for the CPZ initially but am unhappy with several aspects of the scheme now proposed.

“I foresee us being plagued by cars using us as a short-term car park – so not reducing traffic movements by very much at all.”

The council has published its latest proposals for controlled parking in Hollingdean

Fellow Hollingdean resident Gary Jones opposes the CPZ because, he said, it was a “regressive tax”, hitting the poorest hardest.

He said that it also charged people for something that was historically free at the point of use because it was funded from other taxes.

Mr Jones said: “I acknowledge that some residents are struggling to park, especially in the evenings. However, this is due to displacement of vehicles because of parking permit schemes in neighbouring areas.

“The council’s mishandling and mismanaging of parking across the city is just pushing the problem out to outlying areas – and if the smaller zone votes in favour, the problems will pass on to other areas of Hollingdean.

“The issues around van dwelling and camper vans need to be resolved by local politicians and not just moved on from estate to estate.”

Mr Jones questioned why emission premiums were added to permit prices, saying that the charges should be limited to covering the cost of administering the scheme.

He said: “It is obvious to most that the council are more interested in the revenue that they can make out of people’s desperation than they are about parking on our estate.

“If the process is really resident-led, then why doesn’t the council set permit costs at the level it costs them to administer and cap it at those levels.”

He said that he did not regard the drive for a parking zone to have been resident-led. He estimated that fewer than 30 per cent of the 3,585 households in the area responded to the first consultation, with just a few hundred people in favour.

Some 2,218 households were contacted for the next consultation, covering a smaller area of Hollingdean, with 731 responding and 448 in favour.

Mr Jones said that a small percentage of residents were now driving the parking permit policy for the “small zone” roads.

He said: “I am sorry, but this is not democratic and would not be acceptable in any other democratic institution.”

To take part in the parking consultation, visit Brighton and Hove City Council’s website by Sunday (4 June).

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Comments 8

  1. Julia Brighton resident. says:
    4 months ago

    This is a money making scheme by the greedy Council who have caused the problem in the first place by implementing parking restrictions all over Brighton. They are speading the issue & causing problems for everyone. They are the problem when they should be the solution.

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    • Benjamin says:
      4 months ago

      I think you’d really dislike it if Brighton didn’t have parking restrictions. Sure it generates income, and that is also going to be a factor, anyone would be disingenuous to think otherwise.

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  2. Benjamin says:
    4 months ago

    When it comes to parking zones, you really have to take.in the larger perspective of the city as a whole, as introduction of restrictions displaces parking traffic to other areas where that now needs enforcement.

    I think there should be an engrained citywide strategy when it comes to parking; one that is applied equally throughout the city.

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  3. Mark Fry says:
    4 months ago

    “The needs of residents to have visitors or who are having work done could be met by about 25 per cent of the spaces currently available for non-residents to park in”. – Typical boomerism.

    In other words “I want everyone else to stop parking here, but I want to be able to park myself and as many visitors as I want, at the expense of everyone else in the city”.

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    • Benjamin says:
      4 months ago

      Disingenuous at best there, Mark. You know full well there is a limit to how many guest permits can be purchased by an individual. Regarding “Everyone else in the city” if they can’t obtain a guest permit, it is likely they are just looking for free parking in any particular area. Unfortunately, Brighton is not built in a way where that can be supported.

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  4. mart Burt says:
    4 months ago

    The problem of parking has been caused chiefly by the council themselves. Hollingdean used to have a area where many of these unsightly camper vans, vans and other vehicles used to be stored. There was a small bus company operating from the site too. There was another site at Freshfield Road as I remember and I’m sure there were a few other similar areas where vehicles were stored.
    Re-development of the Hollingdean and Freshfield road sites, pushed these vehicles onto our streets as no alternatives were found. At the same time, the redevelopment of the Open Market took away many of the traders parking too, again pushing these onto the roads taking up spaces for most of the day.
    So of course permit zones introduced. This pushed vehicles into other streets, until a problem with parking rears it’s ugly head. So more needless parking zones, pushing them onto the next street and the next and the next until we have no-where left to go.

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    • Benjamin says:
      4 months ago

      It’s a very good argument for city-wide parking tactics, rather than just adding single zones to tackle displacement.

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  5. Peter Graham says:
    4 months ago

    Let’s just make the whole of Brighton residents only Then the only place you can park is in your own area If there is a parking space available If not then tough

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