Our view to the hills is at risk

Mr and Mrs Cale were absolutely right, in their letter of last week, to sound the alarm in connection with the lamentable proposal from Ker Homes to build 95 houses on a field to the south of Upper Welland Road. Such a scheme would entail a permanent loss of amenity in terms of the open countryside, and, as their letter states, the infrastructure is not in place to support such a crass, large-scale development within the designated AONB. The views to and from the hills would be permanent lost, not least for the large number of annual visitors to St Wulstan's Church and the Elgar burial site - indeed, Sir Edward must be turning in his grave! It is equally clear that the relative small community of Upper Welland would tend to be swamped by the building of such an extensive estate on its doorstep.