Queen's Park, Brighton, is my local park and I walk through it regularly as well as taking my young grandchildren to the play area so I can appreciate the feelings of parents concerned about its toilets.

Brighton and Hove City Council wants to work as closely as possible with local residents and parents to reach a solution to this ongoing situation.

"Loo plea for park" (The Argus, June 8) implied the council is unaware of the call for additional toilets in Queens Park and uninterested in helping. This is not the case. I wrote to Dani Ahrens and Allie Rogers (Letters, June 13) last October in my capacity as ward councillor. I explained in my letter that the automatic toilet in Queen's Park was seen as a more hygienic alternative to the traditional toilets that were consistently vandalised and often closed for repairs as a result.

Automatic toilets have been used successfully in other areas of the city and are maintained regularly by the council's contractors.

Two senior environmental officers are investigating the need for additional facilities and will meet with local parents and other concerned park users at the Hanover Community Forum on Thursday, June 27, where I genuinely hope we can work towards a solution.

-Ken Bodfish, Leader, Brighton and Hove City Council