YF22 FOC

Grey Toyota C-HR

• Residents first started reporting YF22 FOC when it appeared on Hollingbury Crescent in early July 2025. It immediately stood out after sitting completely unmoved for more than two weeks. When it eventually did move, it did not leave the area, instead reappearing a short distance down the same road, this time displaying a resident parking permit for Zone I.

• That permit places the owner in Craven Vale, on the far side of Queen’s Park, roughly two miles away, making it clear that the owner is not a Hollingdean resident.

• Despite this, the vehicle is now kept here almost constantly, usually parked in exactly the same position at the very top of Hollingbury Crescent, or otherwise as close to Fiveways as the driver can manage.

• What makes this vehicle particularly significant is that it did not arrive in isolation. Residents have identified the driver of YF22 FOC as the same individual previously associated with multiple other non-resident vehicles stored long-term in Hollingdean, including a white Skoda Octavia taxi (DA15 WJD), a green Ford Fusion (RJ03 VTK), and more recently a run-down Volkswagen Golf (LS52 YKN).

• These all belong to the same single non-resident, with the arrival of this Toyota in July 2025 coinciding exactly with the disappearance of the Skoda Octavia taxi, making it clear that this Toyota simply replaced it rather than reducing the overall impact.

• Over several years, residents have repeatedly observed the same routine: the male driver arrives in Hollingdean in one vehicle, parking it on our streets, then getting straight into another of his cars already stored here before driving away again.

• It would seem that this Toyota - along with the three other vehicles - is part of a deliberate vehicle-swapping arrangement, used to ensure that at least one car is always left occupying space in Hollingdean while the driver lives and spends time elsewhere.

• For those who live nearby, this vehicle represents the continuation of a long-established pattern. One non-resident has, over many years and across multiple vehicles, treated Hollingdean as a private storage area for taxis and personal cars alike.

• The commercial nature of this vehicle only compounds the problem, adding to congestion, noise, and parking pressure, while residents are left dealing with the consequences of someone else’s deliberate convenience.