I am compelled to set the record straight following the article relating to the planning committee's decision of Wednesday, September 5, relating to 28a-30 Dyke Road Avenue.

The committee's decision was based on wrong or misleading information, developed from an hysterical reaction by local residents.

It is emotive to describe the scheme as four-storey. The size of the building is no bigger in bulk or footprint than the nursing home, which already has planning permission in perpetuity.

No one can deny this type of development generates less traffic than the approved nursing home. There will be minimal traffic which will be as nothing compared to the existing Beeches and Hazeldene Meades, where properties have at least two cars each.

The scheme had the full support of the city authority officers and, legislatively, there is no requirement for affordable housing in this type of Very Sheltered Housing for the frail elderly.

Any reference to a speculative development is irrelevant. After all, the Beeches and Hazeldene Meades were speculative developments of the former nursery.

Roger Davis, Agent for The Owner, Kings Norton, Birmingham

Vindication

I protest at the misrepresentation in Nigel Freedman's article "Commuters walk to dodge a ticket" (The Argus, September 4).

Largely as a consequence of the campaign mounted by the Goldsmid Community Group, Brighton and Hove City Council's parking proposals received a powerful rebuffal from Goldsmid residents. The article claims our campaign was "led by Jenny Langston". This is untrue. She did not attend any of our meetings, did not associate herself with the campaign in any way and, indeed, clashed with me about the matter

during my interview with JoAnne Good on BBC Southern Counties Radio early during the consultation period.

During recent weeks, I have spoken with many local residents who were so solid in their rejection of the council's suggestions. I have found them to agree with me unanimously that the situation in Goldsmid is significantly improved, simply because the law is now being applied more rigorously. Illegal parking, on pavements or double yellow lines, is being ticketed. The argument we advanced during our campaign, namely that enforcement of existing law was all that was needed to improve the situation, has been completely vindicated.

That Jenny Langston is calling for "new discussions" on Goldsmid parking restrictions serves only to show she is as far removed from the views of residents she claims to represent as ever.

-Dr Bob Potter, Co-ordinator, Goldsmid Community Group, Addison Road, Hove