Permits denied

SIR, – Given the fact that Horsham Rural City Council has banned the issuing of burn-off permits, which will deny farming families the rights of asset protection, is the council prepared to spend a considerable portion of the rural rates revenue to undertake roadside slashing in the vicinity of every rural residence within the shire boundaries?

Without the protection of firebreaks on roadside frontages, farming families’ homes will be at the mercy of any bushfire situations.

I also wonder if the council has considered the possible legal ramifications should any rural residents have the misfortune of losing their homes to bushfires in view of being denied the right to create firebreaks? Kris Mcmillan Bulgana