ePetition - Parking along St George's Road, Kemptown
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Parking along St George's Road, Kemptown
Local businesses complain that many customers are put off by the lack of parking available for them to park safely and timely when accessing the various cafes, hair salons and boutique independent shops - which includes the only pharmacy in the area.
St George's Road is often over looked in Kemptown, favouring the more local St James's Street, and as such suffers from a lack of footfall and visitors.
Many times customers have simply wanted to nip into one of the independent shops, yet due to a lack of short term parking spaces available, have either parked on the pavement or blocked roads as they park opposite causing obstructions for many.
This petition is to ask Brighton and Hove City Council to look at various options moving forward to enable all those who live, work and visit St George's Road, Kemptown, to be able to park safely and increase footfall to the various independent businesses in the area.
This ePetition ran from 30/05/2025 to 17/12/2025 and has now finished.
7 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
Response provided by the Cabinet Member for Transport & City Infrastructure at Full Council on Thursday 18 December 2025:
Thank you, Robert for bringing the residents’ petition to
this meeting today.
Thank you for your email and I accept your apology – I'm more
than happy to look at ways we can engage around these issues.
Emails are not a bad starting place, Contact your Councillor where
you can go by ward councillors, and I’m more than happy to
meet with either yourself or residents, ward councillors and
officers to resolve any matters.
Members will be reassured to know that this matter is already
under active consideration. Officers and I, as Cabinet Member, have
met Kemptown ward councillors Wilkinson and Mackay to discuss
parking pressures in the area, including concerns raised by
residents, businesses and others.
As you will appreciate, St George's Road is a key route through the
area and any changes to parking must carefully balance the needs of
local businesses, residents, pedestrians, disabled access,
emergency vehicles and the need to maintain safe traffic flow.
Ward councillors have formally requested a review into parking arrangements in the area, including short-stay parking provision, pavement parking issues and the relevant legislation and enforcement options available to the council. Officers will consider options that best serve the community and will be informed by safety considerations, accessibility and traffic movements.
Following review, we will add this to our next Traffic Regulation Order which we will be advertised in spring next year. A TRO is required to change any restrictions such as this. Pavement parking is antisocial, can restrict access especially to those with limited mobility, damages pavements and we welcome the government’s commitment to bring about legal changes to inhibit and make our communities safer.
For these reasons, whilst we welcome the petition; the administration is already progressing this and will ensure ward councillors representing the community remain closely involved.