I am writing to add my voice to those of the many objectors to the new local plan.

Having attended the recent meeting at Trinity School and subsequently studied the plan, I am mystified and appalled, in equal measure, by the council's plan to sacrifice Green Belt land in Old Milverton and Blackdown. What is the point of designating an area as Green Belt, if it can so easily be released for housing development? Surely our local council should be protecting residents' interests, rather than kow-towing to the demands of developers, for whom this is a prime building spot? Furthermore, once the Milverton/Blackdown area has been built on, there is nothing to stop further development to the South of Leamington. The whole area risks becoming one huge urban sprawl.

Please listen to the voices of local people and review this ill-conceived plan.