I am writing to you with the support of hundreds local residents to object to these buildings on the grounds that they are far too tall and totally out of scale with their surroundings.

The Falcon, as a listed building, cannot be pulled down but it can be made to look ridiculous by these huge towers just behind it. 

The majority of people want to see at least 50% affordable housing in any new development. The great majority of people in Battersea face the problem that their sons and daughters cannot afford to rent or buy in the area and are forced to move far away, breaking up families and depriving elderly residents of the care and contact they would normally expect from

That is why the Government set a requirement of 50% affordable housing on all new developments.

The economic benefits of the development are more difficult to measure. 250 jobs would be lost at the PCS union and 150 jobs at Moss Bros and in their place we would have a new shopping mall replacing the Station Approach.  It would be a different matter if the tall buildings were offices.

The overwhelming majority of local people do not want two 42-storey towers. They are in favour of station improvements, whoever pays for them, and are not against a new shopping mall to replace the station approach, but even taking account of the station improvements, they are overwhelmingly against this application.

I think they are right and I hope the committee will respect the wishes of the great majority of people living in the area.