1. Purpose of the report and policy context

1.1 To receive any petitions submitted directly to Democratic Services or any e-Petition submitted via the council’s website.

2. Recommendations

2.1 That the committee responds to the petition either by noting it or where it is considered more appropriate, calls for an officer report on the matter.

3. Context and background information

3.1 To receive the following petition signed by 275 people at the time of publication:

(1) Resident’s parking in South Hollingdean

We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to introduce a resident’s parking scheme to cover the southern part of Hollingdean where displacement from the surrounding CPZ's is most extensive and where residents have been consistently voting in favour of a scheme.

Roads south of and including Hollingbury Crescent, Hollingbury Place, and The Crossway in Hollingdean have consistently voted in favour of a resident’s parking scheme.

• In 2022, this area of Hollingdean voted 72.4% in favour of a scheme

• In 2023, the same area voted 50.8% in favour of a scheme

While lower, the 2023 survey results still held a majority in favour despite concerns having been raised around resident confusion from a lack of communication on the process; an opposition campaign from north Hollingdean residents who do not face the same levels of displacement, as well as those living outside of the area; flyers presenting misinformation around costs and previous voting history; and a scheme that had been

delivered with no residential input, with concerns raised around the high amount of paid visitor parking bays that would not resolve the issue of increased traffic to and from the area.

The full e-petition text can be found here