Reading Chris Robins's letter (Oxford Mail, March 11), I feel one must add a postscript.

The parking problem at Thames Valley Police headquarters is caused by a lack of social responsibility by its management in not reacting to the car culture and not containing activities within its own boundary.

This problem has been ongoing for some considerable time, yet representations by residents and parish and district councillors have had negative response.

When the authority approved the further development of the site, assurances were given to the residents of Gosford that there would be no environmental impact by police operations on this extended HQ.

Those assurances have proved worthless.

In the Thames Valley Police Authority leaflet to all council taxpayers, it promotes neighbourhood policing in order to tackle local problems.

Yet it seems this headquarters cannot resolve its own manufactured impositions on the local residents when it is in its own backyard.

In January, the authority was granted planning permission to increase car parking spaces on site by taking up the front lawn.

There is now serious doubt that this project will be started and completed in 2005, yet the authority was willing to expend valuable resources in preparing plans, submissions, fees etc.

Why then promulgate such a project if it is not going to be actioned? MC Makepeace, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford