On reading Voice of the Argus (June 11), readers may well have been fooled into thinking Green councillors were attempting to dismantle democracy following our decision to boycott the Falmer planning meeting.

We did not go because it was a farce, a stitch-up.

Brighton and Hove City Council bosses had leant heavily on officers and members alike to get approval. What democracy? Approval had already been decided.

Great, I hear Albion fans saying on hearing the verdict, but the council will not be able to influence the public inquiry in the same way.

We believe the plans will be dismissed, leaving fans high and dry. Of course, we want the Albion to have a proper home.

We just don't think it will be Falmer. We are not alone in that, either. English Nature and the Countryside Agency have voiced opposition, too.

What has not yet been made public is the way the council is bulldozing this incomplete application through the planning process.

There are still too many unanswered questions - a coach park in the proposed National Park, a capital funding gap of £14 million, an undefined flyover, junction and road through Stanmer Park and a transport plan that raises more questions than answers. We think someone has to speak up and hold the council to account for its actions.

Time will tell if we are right or wrong about Falmer. We have called the shots as we see them and now it is, quite rightly, up to the public inquiry.

-Keith Taylor, Brighton and Hove City Council