Parking in Brighton is difficult enough for residents. For persons conducting business, it is even more difficult.

On March 15, a member of my staff parked a truck in York Villas, Brighton, to unload a quantity of bricks. While carrying the bricks through the property, he was given a ticket for being parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours - but all he was doing was unloading bricks so other staff could do the work necessary to maintain a property.

Quite apart from that, clearly displayed in the vehicle was a permit allowing parking on double yellow lines in York Villas.

Not only should the ticket not have been issued when the truck was being unloaded, the parking waiver was also ignored.

The parking warden was still in the street and was called back to explain why he had issued a ticket.

He said part of the vehicle was in another road.

In this particular case, the traffic warden called his supervisor, who agreed with my staff that no ticket should have been issued.

Nevertheless, we are now expected to appeal against the issue of this parking fine in circumstances which make one realise parking wardens are not there to control traffic but simply to collect money.

It is time Brighton and Hove City Council's elected representatives understood condoning and encouraging such unreasonable actions will not be tolerated by its citizens for much longer.

-Mike Simpson, Brighton