HJ17 UER

Purple Nissan Qashqai

• HJ17 UER is a purple Nissan Qashqai which residents recognise as belonging to someone who lives in the adjoining Fiveways permit zone.

• The female owner does not appear to drive this vehicle particularly often, and it is regularly left in Hollingdean, as close as they are able to achieve to their home, for long stretches at a time rather than being kept where it belongs.

• This is exactly the kind of displacement Hollingdean residents deal with constantly, where cars from controlled zones are offloaded onto unrestricted streets to avoid the responsibility of parking them properly or obtaining a permit for them, for where they actually live.

• It becomes particularly frustrating and problematic for local residents around holiday periods, where the car is left completely unmoved for weeks at a time.

• Over Christmas this year, residents reported that it stayed in the same spot for several weeks without moving once, taking up valuable space at a time when residents already have visitors, family, and far fewer options.

• This is not a one-off inconvenience. It is another example of someone treating Hollingdean as free long-term storage, leaving local residents to deal with the loss of space, the extra congestion, and the constant feeling that their own streets are being used as an overflow car park for Fiveways.