I was disappointed to see Simon Fanshawe using his weekly column to further the Brighton and Hove Council line that a new supermarket (it will be a few square feet short of being a superstore) in the heart of Brighton is somehow not going to create more traffic congestion or adversely affect surrounding businesses.

Of course, there are a lot of good things in the revised station site plans the council has nodded through and Brighton Urban Design and Development (BUDD) can take some credit for that.

No one wants the site to stay derelict, but I don't yet believe another supermarket is the only viable option.

If Simon thinks BUDD should now be satisfied and stop objecting to the Sainsbury's plan, he has missed the point. Is there any reason to believe Sainsbury's will radically change its trading practices and not be dependent on a steady flow of customers driving to the store to do their week's shopping and then driving home again?

A couple of solar panels and a wind-powered neon sign (as at their Greenwich store) will not compensate for the damage caused by constant deliveries by 40-ton lorries.

-Bernard Claydon, Western Road, Brighton