I think modern planning laws do not always consider the effect their decisions have on neighbouring areas and on a very recent visit to London I regretfully report nowhere is that more evident.

Wonderful buildings which consign their older neighbours to the ‘scrapheap’ are not the civilised answer to overcrowding and nobody understood that better than the builders of the 18th & 19th centuries.

Brighton is famed for its Regency architecture and the Royal Pavilion and should support measures to show them off, not allow development to crowd them out. Even our 1930s blocks should be given space to breathe as any visitor to Bexhill will tell you about the De La Warr Pavilion which oddly harmonises with the Edwardian seafront town houses.

As the local newspaper please see fair play so that Brighton retains its charm and does not ape Hong Kong, which is no doubt wonderful for the Chinese but not us.

In our multi-cultural world visitors, the financial life blood of Brighton, come to enjoy our heritage. Witness the success of the Royal Pavilion.

I worked in The Lanes for many years and can testify to that. It will not be to visit the Independent Republic of Brunswick which appears to be the object of new planning measures.

Pamela Brickman Quarr Lane Farm Quarr Lane Bridport