The Argus (November 15) suggested that because of the location of the National Park boundary, the proposed stadium site at Falmer would no longer be considered an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

The only land as yet not included in the National Park at Falmer is an eight-acre site next to Brighton University.

It has the same landscape value as the rest of Village Way but is reserved for limited university-linked research or educational development.

Any debate about the current or future status of this site for a stadium is academic because it is far too small for such a development, which requires a large slice of additional adjacent land which is undisputed AONB and National Park.

A stadium or its associated transport interchange and infrastructure do not meet the planning criteria for the eight-acre site or for the additional land required, which is under Lewes District Council control.

The Lewes planning committee has rejected unanimously all Falmer stadium-related applications, as has East Sussex County Council.

It should be mentioned the Albion tried, and failed, to have the National Park boundary redrawn to exclude the additional land they require.

The Countryside Agency, which advises the Government on countryside matters and drew up the National Park boundaries, is strongly opposed to a stadium at Falmer and has lodged its objections with the public inquiry.

It is not automatic, as suggested in the article, that the eight-acre site will lose its AONB status when the National Park comes into operation.

There is a strong movement from Lewes District Council, Falmer Parish Council and many other opposition groups and bodies to have that last eight-acre bit of Village Way also included in the National Park, to give it long-term protection from unsuitable development.

-Tom Carr, Falmer