GY10 UYU

Brown Volkswagen Transporter

• One of the big parking issues Hollingdean faces is unwanted camper vans, of which there are literally hundreds scattered across Hollingdean.

• This was also a significant issue in Surrenden, and one of the tipping points for parking permits being introduced in that area. Now, they are all parked up in Hollingdean instead, the owners using Hollingdean as a 'free' place to store their recreational vehicles for the majority of the year, and only moving them for one or two months of the year when the summer arrives.

• GY10 UYU is one of those vehicles. Much like GY02 KYW, the owner is known to not live in the Hollingdean area, and only parks here because it's free. Also much like GY02 KYW, it moves extremely rarely.

• Residents have reported that it remains unmoved, parked in Hollingdean, for several months at a time - presumedly until the owner next decides to take a camping holiday. At which point it disappears for a few days, and reappears right back in our neighbourhood.

• For example, it appeared on Hollingbury Crescent in early August and did not move again for nearly the following four months, at which point it moved for less than an hour before being parked back on the same street, directly opposite, and did not move again since for several months.

• This use of Hollingdean for 'free' camper van storage adds masses of additional complications to the residenst who live here. These are large vehicles, often left in awkward positions blocking visibility for junctions. Of course, them being left here means that local residents are also left with less available parking to use themselves...

• According to this van's MOT history, it travelled just sixty miles between 2023 and 2024. This would explain why residents have recognised that it has quite literally been left in Hollingdean for the entire period.