I have recently written to Brighton and Hove City Council to say I plan to take legal action against it for refusing me a Zone N resident's parking permit and persisting in that refusal during several months of correspondence.

I live in a flat entirely within Zone N, overlooking Vallance Road. In front of my home and in the near vicinity are parking bays reserved for residents only between 10am and 8pm.

This is where I previously parked. But, when I applied for a resident's permit, I was told I was not eligible because I lived in Hove Street, where the pedestrian entrance to Dolphin Court is.

The council appears to think I should park dangerously in congested Hove Street or inconsiderately in even more congested Aymer Road rather than safely and considerately outside my home.

To make matters worse, the council has created more than 30 residents'-only bays in Vallance Road where there are, apart from Dolphin Court, just seven houses without off-road parking.

As a result, Vallance Road has become a ghost zone as far as legal parking is concerned. The council has created the parking spaces and then denied residents such as myself use of them.

I'd be interested to hear from anyone on the Sackville Road-Hove Street boundary who has experienced similar difficulties to mine and who might be prepared to join in an action or give evidence.

-Trevor Pateman, Dolphin Court, Hove