Campaigners outside the former police station in December last year

• REJECTION of the appeal over the planning application for a Sainsbury’s Local in Blackstock Road is a small step in the right direction (Traders’ joy as store is ‘sent packing’, October 20).

First, in future more of our local cash will be kept within the community, instead of going out of our community as profit for a large organisation.

Second, the planning inspector sided with protesters’ concerns about the effect of many more delivery lorries proving a real hazard to pedestrians, cyclists and other road users on a steep and crowded hill.

The Green Party supports the development of local economies, seeks the growth of walking and cycling and opposes unnecessary traffic.

We listen to community concerns and it is no coincidence that Green Party councillor Caroline Russell has been part of the protest movement against this application from the start.

MIKE CROWSON
Islington Green Party