I feel sorry for the people of Beeches Avenue over the prospect of 90 houses being built on the South Downs at the end of their road (The Argus, December 24).

It comes as no surprise the council would be prepared to let this development proceed, along with the 700 plus homes at West Durrington, without thinking of the associated problems that come with extra housing in the district.

Where does it think all the refuse from these new developments is going to go?

It reneged on an agreement for a waste station at Willowbrook Road, preferring to send all their waste to the Sompting site.

What are their plans now the Sompting site has to close? Has it made any plans for disposal of their waste, not only from these new developments but from the whole of Worthing - I doubt it.

Has it given any thought about the increased traffic associated with the development? During peak periods, traffic passing through the Lyons Farm lights often queues from Sompting Church westbound and Offington roundabout eastbound.

While I am not in favour of the East Worthing Access Road (EWAR) - which the council conveniently dropped from the local plan while they had a chance of dumping all their rubbish on the residents of Sompting - if the council reinstated EWAR it would allow them to develop their own waste station and provide enough land between the road and the industrial estate to build enough houses to leave the residents of Beeches Avenue alone.

-Cllr Martin Horner, Halewick Lane, Sompting