KV60 EVX

Black Toyota Verso

• Residents began to note that the owner of KV60 EVX was parking it in Hollingdean and then walking back to their home in Zone G in the late spring of 2024.

• This is yet another non-resident, from the adjoining residents permit zone, who has opted to use the 'free' parking in Hollingdean to store their vehicle, rather than buying themselves a permit for the area they have chosen to live in.

• This is one of quite literally hundreds of non-resident vehicles that use Hollingdean for 'free' parking. This is especially prevalent in the Westernmost corner of Hollingdean, up against Zone G (Hollingbury Road) and Zone J (Fiveways), where non-residents use our streets as part of their commute, as an alternative to buying permits for the area in which they live, or for their visitors, or simply as a place to dump rotting, unwanted and unloved vehicles.

• This misuse of our neighbourhoods has far wider-reaching impacts than simply reducing parking spaces for residents; it leads to a notable increase in traffic, noise, pollution, and congestion. Using Hollingdean like this has a demonstrable and significant impact on the residents who live here and could simply be resolved by these owners parking their own vehicles at their own homes.

• After two months of leaving their car in Hollingdean, residents were pleased to report that the car now had a valid resident permit for the owner's home in Zone G.

• For a year, this car was seen regularly parked at the owner's residence on Hollingbury Road. However, in July 2025 it again started appearing back in Hollingdean instead - the owners clearly deciding to use our streets for free parking again instead of renewing their permit.

• This is a regular occurrence with displaced vehicles in Hololingdean. Even those cases where the owner does eventually obtain a valid permit for it and takes it away from Hollingdean often reappear again six months or a year later when that permit expires.