Tony Mernagh's article on the development of Brighton and Hove (The Argus, April 10), reads like a nightmare scenario, with developers and architects coming out of the woodwork trying to foist their ever-more outlandish schemes on to the local populace.

He talks about extensive consultation with the community. What consultation?

He sneers at the city's past and threatens us with becoming a lost generation if we dare to reject his high-rise vision of the future. What poppycock.

This development feeding frenzy looks as if it is designed to put intolerable pressure on Brighton and Hove City Council's planning committee, to get them to reverse their decision not to allow building above cliff height at the marina. They must stand firm.

I believe what we are witnessing here is nothing less than an attempt by a self-appointed urban elite to take over city planning and to force their will on us, regardless of the consequences.

Of course the city wants to encourage buildings of distinction, but the fatal flaw of most of these current proposals is their height and density, which makes them completely out of scale with their surroundings.

Surely it is right we should build on a human scale, not allow people to be diminished by their surroundings.

-Alan Nunn, Hove