I have recently written to Bristol City Council to express my continued opposition to Tesco's plans to build a car park over the pub garden of The Friendship Inn in Knowle. The revised plans submitted by Tesco, at the request of city planners, are entirely inappropriate for this part of Knowle as they would make the roads less safe and local quality of life worse.

In April all councillors on the planning committee, with the exception of the chair, expressed big concerns about Tesco's plans, having gone to the site to assess things directly.

Both local councillors oppose the plans. A petition with thousands of names on it opposes the plans. Tens of locals have written to express road safety concerns. Local green campaigners, including me, have expressed concerns about further traffic and pollution, loss of trees and green space. Real Ale campaigners have told the council they want to see the a local pub survive on this spot. Bristol Civic Society has applied for the pub to have listed building status. The local shopping centre and small businesses in the area are opposed to the plans. Each distinct group agrees with the concerns expressed by the other groups!

What concerns me about the letter the council sent informing me of revised plans is this sentence: "We may not contact you again until a decision is made, unless the application is to be considered by the Development Control Committee, or is withdrawn."

This makes it sound like it is not definite that the planning committee will look at the revised plans. These plans need to go before the planning committee.

If they do go before the committee, it will be because of the efforts of local campaigners and local councillors – Bristol City Council as an institution wanted to rubber stamp even the initial plans back in January with no proper democratic scrutiny.

Glenn Vowles,

Knowle.