Simon Fanshawe is ill-informed (Letters, February 20). The Brighton Society welcomes good, modern buildings which are appropriately designed for their settings.
We objected to earlier schemes for new libraries in Church Street, Hove, and the Jubilee Library site, Brighton, and these objections may well have helped the city achieve a much better Jubilee Library.
Since 1972, we have objected to many schemes for the Brighton Station site and, although the present scheme isn't ideal, it is much better than the previous ones.
There are ways of achieving schemes for affordable housing other than the creation of gimmicks, as was the case with the plans for the King Alfred site.
A gimmicky tower was proposed for the Endeavour garage site on Preston Road but was later abandoned in the face of enormous local opposition.
The tower included expensive private flats and only a proportion were affordable. As a result of abandoning the tower, the whole site has since been devoted to affordable housing.
-Selma Montford, hon secretary, The Brighton Society
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