I fully endorse the comments of Billy Dann (Letters, January 5) about Brighton and Hove City Council not heeding the views of local communities concerning the redevelopment of vacant sites.

Perhaps I should point out to him it is not only councillors who have to be convinced by what we say but also local planning departments, upon whom the council relies for specialised information.

Those of us concerned about the £65 million redevelopment of the Alliance House site in Hove have the same problem - the project has not been adequately thought through.

The central issue is that however extensive the site is in terms of space, whatever is put there is limited by only two access roads - one for the offices and one for the flats and creche.

The predicted number of employees, were all five office blocks to be built unmodified, is 1,200.

Of this number, 669 would be allocated official car parking spaces. Just imagine 669 cars all trying to enter the Droveway office entrance at approximately the same time from only one direction - Nevill Road - since Hove Park forms a barrier at the other end of the road.

That leaves 531 employees to arrive by some other means of transport they are to be "persuaded" to use.

So it could be that an additional 100-300 cyclists could also be vying for space to get into work. Yet it seems traffic consultants are satisfied that their pages and pages of enigmatic numbers prove all would be well.

They even state "there will be neglible impact on Old Shoreham Road junctions" (which everyone knows function at full capacity at peak times).

What has happened to common sense? Or is officialdom so carried away by "vibrant" city concepts that common sense has disappeared?

-M Hart, Orchard Gardens, Hove