Residents on Victoria Street in Brighton are frustrated as they won’t be able to park outside their homes due to filming for The Death of Bunny Munro, a Sky drama featuring Matt Smith. The suspension will be in effect from 7 am to 7 pm on Friday and Saturday.
The notice about the filming, seen by The Argus, informed residents about the filming happening both inside and outside number 11. Some residents received the notification on Friday, June 7, with only seven days’ notice.
One resident, preferring anonymity, expressed dissatisfaction, stating, “We were given only seven days’ notice. To say that residents are unhappy that filming is taking place is an understatement. We all pay for expensive council parking permits and are being told we can’t park in our own street for two whole days, with anyone seeking our permissions, whilst the local council collects a fee to allow filming and parking suspensions.”
Jon Lawrence, the assistant location manager, mentioned in the letter, “In order to facilitate our filming, we have applied to close a small section of Victoria Street between Victoria Place and Upper North Street to position a lighting crane in front of the property. In addition to our traffic control, we have also applied to suspend a number of parking bays in the area. While filming, we will endeavor to keep disruption to an absolute minimum. Pavements and driveways will be kept clear, and access to all properties will be maintained at all times.”
The Brighton and Hove City Council spokesperson commented, “We work hard to minimize any negative impact filming has on residents and all applications for parking suspensions or road closures are carefully considered. Filming in the city is key to our local creative economy and continues to make Brighton & Hove an internationally recognized destination. In the last ten years alone, income from filming has also added almost £1 million to the council’s budgets and helped pay for some of the key services we depend on. However, we do appreciate it can impact residents – particularly in central Brighton where alternative parking is already in demand – and we will look at how we can better help residents find alternative parking in the future.”
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