Congratulations to the Greens for picking another ridiculous fight with the majority of residents of Hanover and Elm Grove in Brighton over a pavement parking crackdown (The Argus, October 1).

Apparently untroubled by the loss of one of their councillors in this ward in July’s by-election, they appear set to ignore the negative responses to their consultation earlier this year – and to the previous one in 2011 – and “enforce” against pavement parking in parts of Elm Grove.

This should come as a surprise to no one, since the latest “consultation” was prefaced with this ominous warning from Brighton and Hove City Council: “If there is not public support for the improvements we will give residents and businesses notice before beginning enforcement.”

Make no mistake, the present plan to enforce only where there are double-yellow lines is just the first stage of a greater scheme, as the council also made clear in the consultation document: “The lack of enforcement on cars parked behind the double-yellow lines makes it difficult to enforce other breaches in Elm Grove and the adjacent streets at the moment.”

Could those “other breaches” have anything to do with the perfectly lawful pavement parking in Hanover which the Greens seem to loathe so much?

Having wasted thousands of taxpayers’ pounds on the overwhelmingly-opposed Hanover and Elm Grove controlled parking zone (CPZ) consultation in 2010 – where the idea was to cut parking space by 50% through banning pavement parking, making us pay for the privilege – the current proposal smacks suspiciously of a plan to force more vehicles into surrounding streets in the hope that the next CPZ proposal will be more warmly welcomed by the increasingly desperate residents of Hanover.

S Requena, Carlyle Street, Brighton