I read with disappointment that a planning application has been re-submitted to build a waste transfer depot in Hollingdean Lane The Argus, March 23).

I am against the building of a transfer station in the middle of a residential area with, frankly, pathetic vehicular access.

The new application does not include any major changes to the original plan.

The application states there will be a reduction in the maximum throughput capacity of the facility to 160,000 tonnes of refuse per annum from the original 180,000. This is hardly significant.

Moreover, the physical scale and size of the buildings are the same as in the first application.

This will mean the stated throughput can be increased in the future and that the buildings will be able to cope with this.

How does this address residents' fears that they will be engulfed by an industrial-size development?

The Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) next to Downs Infant School and Ditchling Court apartment building will now have a green roof, which is supposed to suppress the noise and exhaust fumes from the unloading of vehicles.

This element of the site is of great significance to the school and residents. It is noted that the pollutants will still be present in the atmosphere, in spite of the green roof.

The new application acknowledges that the Downs Infant School is identified as a "significant receptor" of the pollution the development will introduce to the immediate environment.

The plan does not mention that, along with the school, the immediately adjacent resident population will also be a recipient of the noise and air quality pollution.

Transport issues are a major concern to residents and the new application does not offer any improvement to the impact the development will have on the local road infrastructure.

Veolia/Onyx admits that there will be a 0.5 per cent increase in the noise and air quality pollution at the Vogue Gyratory. They do not consider this to be significant.

They do not mention that the 44-tonne juggernauts used to transfer rubbish and recyclables from the site will create a massive impact upon the local road network in Upper Hollingdean Road and Hollingdean Road, and would consequently pose a major health risk to the local population.

-Craig Mathieson, Brighton