Cities and their people need parks. G Walsh’s letter (The Argus, September 2) concerning the possible building of a three-storey English/Spanish school at Brighton and Hove City Council’s parks depot in Hove Park would set a dangerous precedent if it went ahead.

In Portslade our primary schools have all become infant/junior schools, cramming more children into a small space with less room to play outside.

Victoria Park, thanks to the council, has no public toilets and I’ve read recently that the public toilets at nearby Portslade Town Hall are also to be demolished to make way for housing.

I’m starting to wonder if there is a hidden agenda to build over every open space in the city. Perhaps Caroline Lucas could turn her energies to this issue – not quite such high-publicity for her as fracking but equally as worthy.

Maggie Knight, North Road, Portslade

I congratulate G Walsh for her excellent letter raising another reason to stop the proposed Bilingual School for 50 staff and 630 pupils being built on the Hove Park depot site.

This helps the fight of residents against the stupidity of a school in this location.

I am not against the principle behind this educational policy but I am against pushing ahead with individual sites without giving consideration to the consequences on the area.

There is currently a petition by Save Hove against this application and I urge readers of The Argus to support it.

CS Beard, Goldstone Crescent, Hove