Council figures show parking enforcement firm NSL receives a complaint about poor parking in the village at least once every three days.

One trader is so angry they posted a strongly-worded letter on the window of the village's barber shop on the high street, labelling the informer a 'prat' who 'sticks their nose where it's not wanted'.

Many Rottingdean residents who attended a pantomime at the village hall discovered they had been reported and given tickets.

Since August last year, 77 calls requesting enforcement in Rottingdean have been received on the NSL's hotline, with 18 tickets issued.

The issue has become so heated and caused so much outrage in the village, councillors have held talks with parking officers over concerns too many tickets will deter shoppers.

The strongly-worded note states: "I have recently been told by the powers that be that a gentleman in this village spends his day walking around the village looking for illegally parked cars, then rings the wardens when he spots some.