Councillor Simon Battle gets it wrong when he talks about controlled parking in Westbourne (Argus, August 31).

He says because the majority of residents of Westbourne do not want controlled parking in their area they should now be excluded from the consultation regarding parking on roads adjacent to them.

It was Brighton and Hove Council's decision not to include Westbourne residents in the latest consultation. It has nothing to do with the Conservative councillors who represented our residents views - both pro and anti - and had their integrity called into question by Councillor Battle for doing so.

-Councillor Brian Oxley, Westbourne Ward, Hove