All the traffic generated by this large development will have to use Cross Street (which is one way) for access and egress, and will be funnelled along Tennison Avenue and Queen Street onto Saltergate and Newbold Road in one direction and along West Street, Hawkesley Avenue and Cobden, Gladstone and Avondale roads in the other.

The document makes it clear that this planning brief has been prepared solely to support the football club release maximum value through sale of the site to fund works on the new stadium, which forms part of the council's plans for major regeneration of the A61 Corridor.

In so doing they acknowledge that 'the release of this site for housing would not be justified for strategic housing needs' and the requirement to meet 'social housing' needs would have to be waived to maximise profit. Moreover, the application for development of the site is 'a departure from the adopted local plan'.

No thought has been given to wider planning considerations. As well as this site, the nearby Saltergate Health Centre site is coming up for consideration, and together these two areas comprise the only 'green' space in Brockwell Ward and are highly significant for the whole townscape being on a ridge line visible from other parts of the town.

Parking and congestion is already a nightmare for local residents in the whole of this area, yet no mention is made of the inevitable traffic impact on them, not to mention the parents and children attending St Mary's School, opposite the site in Cross Street.

While I appreciate the financial considerations behind these proposals for both the football club and the council, there are wider planning considerations affecting the whole town which should inform such developments. The council is seeking comments on the proposals by Friday, October 10, and I would urge those concerned about the future of the town to respond.

LESLEY MATHEWS,

43 Cobden Road,Chesterfield.