More residents parking planned for Brighton (From The Argus)
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More residents parking planned for Brighton
12:00pm Tuesday 9th October 2012 in News By Ben Leo, reporter
Residents in another Brighton neighbourhood are faced with having to pay to park outside their homes.
Proposals to introduce a residents’ parking scheme in London Road Station North and Round Hill have been put forward by Brighton and Hove City Council.
A five-week consultation between residents of the areas and the council will run until November 9, during which residents will receive information packs and questionnaires about current parking options.
The consultation is in response to concerns raised by some residents about parking in the area.
Steve Rimington, who lives in Round Hill, said: “We as an area support the proposals very much. It’s good to have a parking space within 100 yards of getting home.
"It was mentioned in documentation that was sent to us from a local group that if we don’t do something about it, the spread of people parking in the area is going to get worse, which means we’ll eventually be pushed out.”
Those who do not agree with the scheme have warned residents to think before they agree to proposals.
Steve Percy, of the People’s Parking Protest, said: “When the council took over and started putting in the new zones, schemes like this were forced upon people.
“They do one area and then another area and it becomes self-perpetuating then. It creates a cycle; everywhere is a concrete jungle of parking. This area is just one more.”
Mr Percy said residents should be aware that having a parking permit doesn’t necessarily guarantee a parking space.
He added: “It depends how many places will be available. They need to really consider it. At the end of the day, there’s nothing worse than having a parking permit, you come home and there’s no parking space.”
Ian Davey, chairman of the transport committee for Brighton and Hove City Council, said the consultation for controlled parking zones in the two areas was a response to requests from local residents, many of whom have been campaigning for years to be included in the scheme.
He added: “Experience in other areas, particularly south of London Road Station, show how popular these schemes are with local residents and how they can transform the area for the better.
“The only areas that have waiting list for permits are zone Y and Z in the city centre. Further away from the city centre the demand for permits decreases. In the area south of London Road, the availability of permits and spaces is more than sufficient to meet local demand.”
An exhibition of the proposals will be held at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church on October 25 between 1.30pm and 5.30pm and on October 26 between 3.30pm and 7.30pm. Residents will be able to scrutinise preliminary designs and put their questions to council officers.
An unstaffed exhibition will be held on the ground floor of Hove Town Hall from October 1 to October 31, between 9am and 5pm.
Click on the links below for more details of the consultation, and to take part in an online survey on the plan
Comments(42)
RickH
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12:24pm Tue 9 Oct 12
The late Joe Strummer
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12:31pm Tue 9 Oct 12
s&k wrote:My thoughts exactly.
Steve Percy, of the People’s Parking Protest, said: “When the council took over and started putting in the new zones, schemes like this were forced upon people."
Were they? My understanding is that residents' request them because of the parking problems they experience.
As a Roundhill resident I'm very much in favour of the proposals, as are the majority of people I've spoken to in the area.
It's likely that Roundhill will be surrounded by controlled parking zones in the near future, and without a controlled zone of its own will just become a dumping ground for the surrounding areas.
wippasnapper
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12:34pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Fight_Back
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12:40pm Tue 9 Oct 12
If this was really about parking control then the council would ensure the charges were at a level to break even - as it is they make a massive profit. On wonder they're so keen to rollout more zones. There will be a point soon where the WHOLE city is covered by parking zones and the council will be leaping up and down. Their work will be complete !
Maxwell's Ghost
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12:40pm Tue 9 Oct 12
We also have people who own vans and flat bed lorries dumping them for days on end because their cheap or free parking near town has disappeared.
Perhaps this council planned all along for all residnets to have permits by charging vast prices in marked bays in the city centre.
I will be asking the council for a permit scheme in my area as it's become a nightmare.
RoundhillResident
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12:55pm Tue 9 Oct 12
all children from the car. I often find myself double parking to unload as I can’t leave my children unattended (in the car or house) while I walk back and forth between my house and the car, which can often be streets away. You only have to look out the window during the morning to see commuters parking along our street on their way to town or London Road station. The quality of our lives in Roundhill will be improved by a CPZ and I don't begrudge the council generating revenue from this rather than increasing council taxes across the whole city. Parking is a part of the cost of owning a car.
The late Joe Strummer
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1:01pm Tue 9 Oct 12
wippasnapper wrote:Errr...no, I don't believe that this resident-requested survey is part of a Council conspiracy to kill trade in Brighton & Hove.
what with the £40 an hour for visitors and now even more parking permits for residents Is this the green party’s way of keeping motorists OUT OF B&H let alone all the one lane traffic jams in and out of Brighton duo to them making cyclist lives safer, If I had a company I’d be looking at moving it ells where because the GREEN Council is killing trade in B&H!
As a motorist I am all in favour of it. It'll mean that I get a chance to park near my home, rather than the current situation where the majority of spaces are taken up by London Road station commuters, residents from neighbouring areas, and people that live/sleep in their vehicles.
Bob_The_Ferret
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1:35pm Tue 9 Oct 12
One of the worst effects has been the displacement of parking to north of the railway line & Round Hill.
One of the factors is that while it may be reasonable to have parking time limits and residents permits in the zone, motorists have generally shown that they do not consider it reasonable to pay to park, especially for short periods, at the rates the council charge and they demonstrate this by leaving the streets empty and parking in the next nearest street where it is still free. Just extending the controlled zones only perpetuates the problem, moving it out further.
Considering that the council have lied, breaking their own promise that the extended parking zones would be revenue neutral by increasing their parking revenue surplus to over £9M perhaps we need to look at the short term parking being free in all the outer parking zones, to counter the displacement effect. A fair charge (£20/day is not a fair charge) for longer term parking in these zones where there is the room may be appropriate.
It must be recognised that if streets are left empty during the day, and there is too much displacement to neighbouring area, the scheme has failed, and this is exactly what you see in a number of areas of Brighton. Just trying to extend controlled (and paid for) parking to the entire city is not the answer.
Para2805
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1:45pm Tue 9 Oct 12
bug eye
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1:56pm Tue 9 Oct 12
PaulOckenden
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2:10pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Yet, because the business is local just outside the zone, it seems we won't be allowed to apply for permits. As a result we won't be able to park.
I don't know what we're supposed to do? Public Transport isn't an option (because of where people live).
Rather than fixed edges, these schemes should have fuzzy edges, so that people who live or work just beyond the extremity in streets that don't have parking (and so who might reasonably be expected to park in these streets) are able to buy permits.
Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit
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2:16pm Tue 9 Oct 12
wippasnapper wrote:Actually I see it as the exact opposite. Setting up residents' parking is an acknowledgment that private cars play a vital, important and necessary role in any transport plan - and a tacit acknowledgment that a carless Britain isn't feasible. If they were opposed to cars and wanted to ban them they'd simply cover the area in yellow lines.
what with the £40 an hour for visitors and now even more parking permits for residents Is this the green party’s way of keeping motorists OUT OF B&H let alone all the one lane traffic jams in and out of Brighton duo to them making cyclist lives safer, If I had a company I’d be looking at moving it ells where because the GREEN Council is killing trade in B&H!
Doesn't help visitors mind, but then we already know that the council feel we get too many visitors and that they should be discouraged.
Just asking!
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2:31pm Tue 9 Oct 12
I live within the proposed zone, near fiveways, and parking is not an issue. I cannot often park right oputside my house, but usually very close. What I am being asked to do, although I have no issue with the current arrangements, is pay over £100 so that someone living near London Road Station can park near their home, and also so that someone just outside the zone, e.g. in Havelock, Waldergrave Roads etc, can no longer park near their homes because of displacement. And so, lo and behold, they need a controlled zone as well.
My local Green councillor tells me he can't have an opinion on the matter as he needs to represent all residents. Funny how he doesn't mind offering his opinions on a range of other issues!
This is a stealth tax, which the middle classes of Brighton are happy to impose on others just to make their life a bit more comfortable, whilst others are being hammered from all sides by tax rises and cuts.
Maxwell's Ghost
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2:43pm Tue 9 Oct 12
The only way to resolve this is to issue parking permits to residents via the council tax billing system. They don't even have to be charged for. If a family wants another permit, they then pay the £100 fee.
Anyone from outside the city should pay for parking in a paid-for parking bay.
As I said above, my street which has no restrictions is now clogged with vehicles, lorries, vans and flat bed trucks from other areas which are parked for days on end.
Also to note, as Joe Strummer above says, there seems to be an increasing number of people parking caravans and vans on the streets and using them as extra bedrooms or storage areas which the council don't seem to manage.
rolivan
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2:55pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Jay1000
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3:10pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Catches a few people out who can't get their head around the restriction and see it as 'public parking between 10/11 and 2/3. Cue ticket stuck to screen!
Just asking!
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3:24pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Jay1000 wrote:Apparently, the Council will not consider any such options for the new zones. I believe it is like this in parts of Queens Park as well, and very effective. People who want zones need to be clear about what the problem is they are trying to solve. If they can't park at night then this will make no difference because it doesn't apply beyond 8pm, if they are worried about commuter parking (although God knows how they manage to find the spaces if its so bad) then all that is needed is a couple of hours in the middle of the day when you can't park.
In parts of Worthing it is permit holder only parking between 10-11am and 2-3pm. This solves the problem of commuters leaving their cars in residential streets for the whole day. Catches a few people out who can't get their head around the restriction and see it as 'public parking between 10/11 and 2/3. Cue ticket stuck to screen!
Surely the easiest solution is to be able to register your vehicle as belonging to a Council Tax payer, and that entitles you to park.
Just asking!
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3:27pm Tue 9 Oct 12
rolivan wrote:There will be specific bays for visitors - presumably empty nearly all the time. The consultation admits that the number of parking spaces available overall will be reduced as a result.
Will all of these areas remain for permit holders only or will the council gradually introduce Pay and Display as well which will reduce the bays available to permit holders?
Hoarder12345444
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3:29pm Tue 9 Oct 12
RoundhillResident wrote:Well to be honest, you live in an area that is one place where people commute near to, like myself. the area is clogged, has no driveways for cars and there are many cars, like hanover, near Preston park, all those areas are the same. Havelock road, chester terrace etc. If you choose to live in such an area you then you are part of the problem. Parking is hard anywhere, lots of cars everywhere. Even somewhere like coldean or Hangleton, mostly residential, still a bit of an issue, but less so. If you are willing to pay £120 odd a year for a permit then fine, I certainly wouldn't. If that means you can park outside your house then fine, price you have to pay to live in central Brighton I guess. I myself never would, but that's my choice. Clearly people want to live there and more centrally, but have to pay for it.
Parking in Roundhill is an utter nightmare. As a mother of two young children I find myself competing with spaces taken up by non residents. This is very frustrating when trying to park close to home to unload groceries/buggies/sm all children from the car. I often find myself double parking to unload as I can’t leave my children unattended (in the car or house) while I walk back and forth between my house and the car, which can often be streets away. You only have to look out the window during the morning to see commuters parking along our street on their way to town or London Road station. The quality of our lives in Roundhill will be improved by a CPZ and I don't begrudge the council generating revenue from this rather than increasing council taxes across the whole city. Parking is a part of the cost of owning a car.
kraftwerker
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4:53pm Tue 9 Oct 12
hammerfan
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4:56pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Weekly that's less then a pint of beer,
Ten fags or two litres of petrol. I am not a Green voter but parking has to be addressed. They should make all motorists do a years service as a Parking attendant,
-I bet that would change attitudes!
Just asking!
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5:19pm Tue 9 Oct 12
hammerfan wrote:But why do they have to charge anything? They can send you a parking permit in the post with your Council Tax demand. That would remove out of area parking at no expense. The zones are made stupidly complex in order to justify charging.
£120 per year. Weekly that's less then a pint of beer, Ten fags or two litres of petrol. I am not a Green voter but parking has to be addressed. They should make all motorists do a years service as a Parking attendant, -I bet that would change attitudes!
hammerfan
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5:25pm Tue 9 Oct 12
rolivan
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5:46pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Just asking! wrote:I quite like that idea, maybe they could issue a permit to every Council Taxpayer that would enable them to park anywhere in the City at say an extra £50 a year and then charge anyone else £500 a year that would sort out all of the Students who voted the Greens in as they don't have to pay Council tax but can vote.
hammerfan wrote:But why do they have to charge anything? They can send you a parking permit in the post with your Council Tax demand. That would remove out of area parking at no expense. The zones are made stupidly complex in order to justify charging.
£120 per year. Weekly that's less then a pint of beer, Ten fags or two litres of petrol. I am not a Green voter but parking has to be addressed. They should make all motorists do a years service as a Parking attendant, -I bet that would change attitudes!
gnarlychaos
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6:32pm Tue 9 Oct 12
WAKE UP
Fight_Back
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6:40pm Tue 9 Oct 12
hammerfan wrote:What about the huge amount ( nearly £5m ) they take in parking tickets ?
You cannot expect non-motorists to pay for parking. You have to have enforcement officers- Parking attendants. So how do you pay their wages?
On_the_Level
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7:01pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Step 1. Consult
Step 2. Ignore Protests
Step 3. Implement
I know this from experience!
Cali's Mum
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7:45pm Tue 9 Oct 12
What a darn cheek you have thinking you can speak for all Roundhill residents or even thinking you are speeking for the majority.
I would urge everyone however though to let Brighton & Hove know your views by completing their citywide parking review survey.
The closing date is 26 October.
http://consult.brigh
ton-hove.gov.uk/publ
ic/bhcc/env/parking/
city-wide_parking_re
view
On_the_Level
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7:55pm Tue 9 Oct 12
HJarrs
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8:15pm Tue 9 Oct 12
It is a natural desire to park as close to home as possible, but just not realistic in most of the city without some form of restriction. So you drivers ask for restrictions and as restrictions spread you restrict your own possibility to park across the city. Some of you, having asked for restrictions in your own street then have the cheek to complain about parking restrictions elsewhere.
Of course you can blame the council as much as you like (and every party has increased parking zones at resisdents request), but it is residents that are causing the problem.
In Hanover, restrictions were rejected, however, there was support around Albion Hill, which has now got parking restrictions. Guess what, the rest of Hanover is now full up and I bet a pound to a penny that many residents will be demanding residents parking. Like I say, beggar your neighbour.
I have sympathy for those that really do need a car, but I reckon that is less than 50% of the cars I pass parked on the street. I little sympathy for those that impose large cars on the rest of us; nobody holds you at gun point to buy these vehicles.
mackeson
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8:24pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Nathan_Adler
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9:12pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Simply. Buy a permit (they won't be that much) and hey presto you get better parking NEAR YOUR HOME!!!
NSL will patrol the streets and fine dodgy parkers plus they will be an extra set of eyes in the street with our dilapidated police force.
Overall its a win/win situation.
Maxwell's Ghost
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10:21pm Tue 9 Oct 12
You promote the beggar your neighbour attitude at almost every post you make.
You came from London, moved into Hanover, and then started telling the rest of the population to use buses and the cycle lanes when you don't bloody well do it yourself unless you fancy taking your little offspring to the park and decide to take the bicycle for a one off.
You aren't the average family, you don't have family or relatives dotted all over the city and you don't have a couple of kids spread across various schools across the city.
One day, when you have a few more kids, attending various schools, and maybe your partner has to work full time and unsociable hours and you have to move to Hangleton or Coldean because like all the other incomers to Hanover, you eventually move on, and your parents and in-laws get a wee bit older and need more support, then you will get an idea why most poor sods have to drive a car.
Sadly, most families are working at break neck speed to cater for all the daily demands on them.....and you and all the other rich, posh Greens like KitKat and the other lovely ladies in the party have no idea about average family life.
Stay in the kitchen baking fancy loaves and stop wasting local people's time.
ARealBessie
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8:53am Wed 10 Oct 12
On_the_Level wrote:How true. Only, you missed out a couple of steps:
Here is how it works:
Step 1. Consult
Step 2. Ignore Protests
Step 3. Implement
I know this from experience!
Step 1. Make firm decision over future plans for public space.
Step 2. Consult.
Step 3. Ignore Consultation data.
Step 4. Ignore Protests.
Step 5. Implement.
I too, know this from experience!
s&k
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9:20am Wed 10 Oct 12
Cali's Mum wrote:I live in Round Hill and I would urge people to vote YES but if there are details about the scheme you think could be improved then let the Council know.
I live in Roundhill area and NOT EVERYONE in Roundhill is favour of a CPZ. What a darn cheek you have thinking you can speak for all Roundhill residents or even thinking you are speeking for the majority. I would urge everyone however though to let Brighton & Hove know your views by completing their citywide parking review survey. The closing date is 26 October. http://consult.brigh ton-hove.gov.uk/publ ic/bhcc/env/parking/ city-wide_parking_re view
Capt. Sensiblé
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9:32am Wed 10 Oct 12
s&k wrote:Basically, Rimington can do one, everyone knows that the council is trying to cash in on the potential permit and P&D goldmine around the two university of Brighton buildings, but they may as well give up because NO ONE ROUND THERE WANTS IT
Cali's Mum wrote:I live in Round Hill and I would urge people to vote YES but if there are details about the scheme you think could be improved then let the Council know.
I live in Roundhill area and NOT EVERYONE in Roundhill is favour of a CPZ. What a darn cheek you have thinking you can speak for all Roundhill residents or even thinking you are speeking for the majority. I would urge everyone however though to let Brighton & Hove know your views by completing their citywide parking review survey. The closing date is 26 October. http://consult.brigh ton-hove.gov.uk/publ ic/bhcc/env/parking/ city-wide_parking_re view
Capt. Sensiblé
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9:45am Wed 10 Oct 12
The late Joe Strummer wrote:yeah well as a long term princes street resident, i don't want it because it makes the roads/streets look like sh*t and costs money to install, enforce and use. Also, residents permits means no one wants to come and visit you because it's a kind of visitors tax, but I guess that the 'residents' who want the scheme don't mind as they are the kind of people who moan about where people park their cars, and therefore don't get many visitors anyway
s&k wrote:My thoughts exactly.
Steve Percy, of the People’s Parking Protest, said: “When the council took over and started putting in the new zones, schemes like this were forced upon people."
Were they? My understanding is that residents' request them because of the parking problems they experience.
As a Roundhill resident I'm very much in favour of the proposals, as are the majority of people I've spoken to in the area.
It's likely that Roundhill will be surrounded by controlled parking zones in the near future, and without a controlled zone of its own will just become a dumping ground for the surrounding areas.
Capt. Sensiblé
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9:54am Wed 10 Oct 12
RoundhillResident wrote:Oh you poor thing, having to move shopping AND children from a car into your house. you must be the first person who has ever had to do that.
Parking in Roundhill is an utter nightmare. As a mother of two young children I find myself competing with spaces taken up by non residents. This is very frustrating when trying to park close to home to unload groceries/buggies/sm
all children from the car. I often find myself double parking to unload as I can’t leave my children unattended (in the car or house) while I walk back and forth between my house and the car, which can often be streets away. You only have to look out the window during the morning to see commuters parking along our street on their way to town or London Road station. The quality of our lives in Roundhill will be improved by a CPZ and I don't begrudge the council generating revenue from this rather than increasing council taxes across the whole city. Parking is a part of the cost of owning a car.
Capt. Sensiblé
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10:03am Wed 10 Oct 12
Capt. Sensiblé wrote:*road
The late Joe Strummer wrote:yeah well as a long term princes street resident, i don't want it because it makes the roads/streets look like sh*t and costs money to install, enforce and use. Also, residents permits means no one wants to come and visit you because it's a kind of visitors tax, but I guess that the 'residents' who want the scheme don't mind as they are the kind of people who moan about where people park their cars, and therefore don't get many visitors anyway
s&k wrote:My thoughts exactly.
Steve Percy, of the People’s Parking Protest, said: “When the council took over and started putting in the new zones, schemes like this were forced upon people."
Were they? My understanding is that residents' request them because of the parking problems they experience.
As a Roundhill resident I'm very much in favour of the proposals, as are the majority of people I've spoken to in the area.
It's likely that Roundhill will be surrounded by controlled parking zones in the near future, and without a controlled zone of its own will just become a dumping ground for the surrounding areas.
Fairfax Sakes
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12:34pm Wed 10 Oct 12
If anything, the charges need to be ramped up-this is the best way to discourage people from using cars, and hopefully bring a bit more comfort for those that can afford to do so. It will also impact on cost of living, and thus hopefully faciltate some of the socio-economic cleansing which Brighton and Hove quite frankly needs and deserves. Most of the people in these areas would be paying for the permit it from their generous welfare cheque anyway.
Capt. Sensiblé
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11:16pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Fairfax Sakes wrote:Socio-economic cleansing? Don't be so silly. This is a private housing area, Have a word with yourself.
Its perfectly reasonable that the council wishes to generate a few more revenue streams via parking permits, visitor permits and ticketing charges. A step in the right direction towards tidier streets if you ask me.
If anything, the charges need to be ramped up-this is the best way to discourage people from using cars, and hopefully bring a bit more comfort for those that can afford to do so. It will also impact on cost of living, and thus hopefully faciltate some of the socio-economic cleansing which Brighton and Hove quite frankly needs and deserves. Most of the people in these areas would be paying for the permit it from their generous welfare cheque anyway.
s&k says...
12:23pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Were they? My understanding is that residents' request them because of the parking problems they experience.