MAY I suggest a very practical solution to the parking problem in Northallerton for the new police headquarters which would be to use the whole of the old prison site for a new car park.

There must be adequate housing in the proposed new developments up Darlington Road etc and also plenty of shops in the town, so I consider the prison site is not needed for housing and shops.

Workers at the police HQ would all be able to park in the new prison car park and pay HDC the same as shop workers in Northallerton pay in the Applegarth Park.

If the prison site is larger than the police require, the surplus could be used for extra parking for shoppers in the town.

Tom Smirthwaite, Thornton-le-Moor