A Park-and-ride scheme to the north of Brighton and Hove would cut pollution, improve air quality and save businesses £100 million a year in congestion costs, according to a new report.

Business support organisation Sussex Enterprise wants a 1,000-space facility built at Braypool, near the intersection of the A23 and A27.

Steven Gauge, director of membership and communications, said: "Congestion is bad for business and bad for the environment. Our research confirms a substantial park-and-ride facility at Braypool will make our roads and our atmosphere cleaner and safer."

The report says traffic infrastructure in the city is already bursting at the seams due to the sheer volume of traffic on the roads.

Mr Gauge said: "Sensible Sussex businesses want their representatives to take air quality issues seriously.

"Not only would park-and-ride at Braypool save Brighton businesses £100 million in costs from congestion, it would also reduce health risks to their staff and make the city a cleaner, greener and more pleasant place to live and work."

The research, by Hyder Consulting, says reducing the volume of cars in Brighton and Hove would result in an annual reduction of at least 330 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Brighton has the lowest number of park-and-ride system spaces and buses per head in the country with 1:1,000, compared to Oxford at 1:37, Bath at 1:41 and Cambridge at 1:37.