SIR – I wonder did Government Planning Minister Nick Boles actually “hear the fears of residents” (T&A, April 16) with regard to concreting over green belt in Wharfedale, or were his ears closed?
This terrible Tory tale highlights a lot of what is wrong with the ‘not very’ Conservative Party.
It uncovers the truth of their new planning policies which gives the green light to destroy greenbelt and it shows the Tory governments loathing for local democracy by routinely ignoring the people.
We think the answers to this problem are pretty simple, if there has to be new homes built then they must be built only on brown field sites. Local people should have a say via local referenda on whether they accept new housing developments.
In the light of his visit, will Nick Boles be rolling out a new Tory logo soon, with the Tory tree being replaced by a house?
Jason Smith, UKIP Bradfordchairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford
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