Brighton and Hove parking to be made fairer as councillors prepare for city-wide review
It comes over a year since Labour first called for a review
Parking in Brighton could soon be made fairer for both residents and visitors as plans for a city-wide review are confirmed.
Councillors will undertake a full review of parking provisions across the city on the 26th of September, over a year after it was first announced.
Labour announced the review in July last year, after halting planned parking charge increases which would have trebled prices around the Royal Sussex County Hospital, by London Road railway station and in central Hove.
Councillor Trevor Muten said earlier this year that the review was intended to create “a more equitable parking service for residents, visitors and businesses alike”.
City-wide parking zones
A city-wide parking zone rather than more zones "patched onto the end" of existing ones is among considerations for the parking revamp.
In a January meeting, Green councillor Steve Davis said that whenever a new residents’ parking area was created, parking problems were displaced, usually to a neighbouring area.
Councillor Davis said: “We recently had a parking zone in Surrenden, and this was voted through in a minority administration, and now the residents of Patcham, in particular, Withdean Court Avenue and The Cedars, are struggling a lot.
“Residents can’t wait. It’s an onslaught. What would the administration’s view be on having a city-wide parking zone?”
At the same meeting, councillors agreed to keep light-touch schemes where, twice a day for an hour at a time, parking is restricted to those with a resident or visitor permit.
However, a public consultation rejected proposals to turn these areas into full parking zones, with restrictions from 9am to 8pm.