The fact the station site has been long derelict shouldn't make us rush into accepting development unless it reflects the needs of the community.

Here is a great opportunity for Brighton and Hove Council to address the city's chronic housing shortage by making at least half the housing affordable to local people and to put its aims of making Brighton and Hove a cleaner, greener city into practice.

A development of this size will have a huge impact on the cityscape and, without responsible planning, the inevitable rise in traffic can only add to the dire congestion and pollution experienced in the area already.

Why is the decision on the current application from Sainsbury's being taken in December, when the local plan that defines use of the site isn't to be scrutinised by a public inquiry until two months later?

-Sue Baynton-Power, Argyle Road, Brighton