When i worked as a property and project manager for a well-known London company, the value of deeds to property was realised.

There was a property in Burgess Hill where the residents were being charged per annum for parking within the grounds of the property. When the deeds were checked, the caveats stated that parking was free.

Property management agents had cleverly hidden this fact from the residents over ten years and I could not see how solicitors had missed this.

So, as Brighton and Hove City Council does not want a solution to car parking charges and is only interested in the money collected, every business and resident should have their deeds checked to see if they are entitled to parking outside their properties and check that any change to their title deed is legal.

The council and NCP have not acknowledged that they are ripping the public off, so unless you challenge them, they are always going to win.

J Evans

-Montague Place, Kemp Town