SIR - As one of the many commuters travelling between Ilkley and London I am fully supportive of the need to provide more car parking capacity in Ilkley town centre. After canvassing a number of fellow commuters all agreed that paying for safe, accessible and convenient car parking in Ilkley is not an issueUnfortunately adequate commuter parking is just one issue in a much needed discussion about car parking in the town. This topic needs urgent discussions to take place with the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. During the many festive gatherings I have attended across the town in the last week, concern over car parking - or rather the lack of ithas been a major subject of discussion.

Comments and feedback from local residents and members of Ilkley Parish Council (IPC) have featured regularly in your newspaper over the last month. We all now need to make our views on this issue known by completing the on-line petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/car-parking-in-ilkley or find the link on the IPC website.

Joanne Sugden, Myddleton Cottage, Middleton, Ilkley