Over the past few weeks, I have read with interest the correspondence regarding the controversial high-rise buildings proposed on the sites of the old Endeavour Motors garage and Medina House, in Brighton and Hove.

It is understandable the architects who designed them have expressed their justification and support.

Whether any building is of good or bad design is a matter of opinion but any building, good or bad, if wrongly sited will always be a bad building.

Embassy Court is an example. It may well be a good example of Thirties' architecture but its location and relationship with adjoining and surrounding buildings distinguish it as a bad building.

In the Thirties, there was no planning control. Since 1947, a local planning authority has had the necessary powers to refuse permission for inappropriate development.

The two proposals referred to appear to fall within that category and should accordingly be refused. The applicants have the right of appeal and a final decision could be made elsewhere.

-R J Sharpe, Sunnydale Avenue, Patcham