Parking enforcement is helping to ensure that disabled people can park more easily in Brighton and Hove.

There are 11,000 disabled badge-holders in the city, so ticketing or moving a blue badge vehicle is not something the council does lightly (Mrs V T Casey, Letters, December 3).

However, blue badge-holders also have a responsibility to park without causing an obstruction.

The instruction in the blue badge leaflet says: "You must not park where it would be obstructive or cause a danger to others."

In Haddington Street, Hove, where Mrs Casey said her friends' car was relocated (and taken to a safer place), there has been obstructive parking. A couple of weeks ago, a child was injured and taken to hospital.

The street borders the new development where building work is taking place. Some of the directions of the roads in the area have been changed as a result and some parking spaces removed.

An additional temporary car park has opened, providing about 80 spaces for shoppers and other visitors to George Street, which will help ease the pressures of on-street parking.

We consider all the circumstances of a particular case before making a decision on whether a fine is due. If the ticket is challenged within 14 days, this couple will not have to pay anything until the case has been reviewed.

-Coun Simon Battle, Deputy Chairman, Brighton and Hove City Council Environment Committee