I was born and still live locally and am dismayed and very angry.

Cardinal Newman School, with Brighton and Hove Hockey Club, want to dig up my local, open green space - the Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College (BHASVIC) field - to lay two astro-turf hockey pitches and build a licensed, seven-day club house designed to generate income for the hockey club in order to sustain its business plan.

How dare Brighton and Hove City Council allow this.

Not only would we lose our local green space but local residents would be subjected to light pollution from the proposed spotlight towers, noise pollution from the proposed attendant crowds, a huge demand on local parking and, for the actual students of Cardinal Newman School and BHASVIC, far less peace to study.

Is the head teacher of Cardinal Newman correct in his view that it "is for the good of his 'thousands' of students?" .

I am a children's TV writer - currently lead writer for Balamory, Thomas and Friends, Fifi and the Flowertots, Roary the Racing Car and the forthcoming sequel for Balamory, which is called Me Too.

As such, I have to say sport is high on the agenda. But the BHASVIC field is already currently utilised by hundreds of local people, young and old, for that very purpose sporting activities and exercise.

How will it benefit the city as a whole when almost two thirds of the open space is fenced of for "club members only"?

The argument against is overwhelming. No sustainable public transport serves The Upper Drive.

And the local wildlife - foxes, badgers, woodpeckers and, reputedly, bats - where will it go? If any of your readers want to help sustain the open green spaces in their city, I urge them to write to The Argus and the council.

We cannot simply roll over and die when commerce and the council decide what is best for us. We have our children's future to think of - and that should be free, open and accessible.

-Wayne Jackman, Hove