Ray Amis states only 120 objections have been made to the development on the old Endeavour Motors site (Letters, January 9).

Perhaps the majority of Brightonians, like myself, are not against high-rise buildings.

I was born in Brighton, as were my parents and grandparents, educated here in school and college, married here and my children were born here.

Many councillors, council officials and letter-writers come from outside the city.

My employment is as a professional in the building industry, concerned mainly with renovation, refurbishment and repairs of city building stock.

Fishermen's cottages are fine in The Lanes but are not required in the suburbs.

Likewise, Regency and Victorian buildings are fine in their current locations and need to be preserved but do not need to be used as design for new buildings.

Much late Victorian mass-produced housing and retail premises is in poor condition, damp and poorly laid out for today's living and I cannot see the merit in retaining such property.

If this city wants a future, as well as preserving the best of its past, new construction needs to be bold, inspiring, practical and properly designed for its location. This can include, as far as I am concerned, high-rise buildings.

I am on Anthony Seldon's side as far as the future of the city is concerned and so are the majority of the very many Brightonians I know. If the do-gooders pickle the city, it will become nice but irrelevant in the future.

-Anthony Cort, Regency Square, Brighton