New council could save some of our greenbelt

In the RBWM local council elections in 2015, the Conservatives won 95 per cent of the seats.

In 2019 their numbers fell significantly to 55 per cent and in this year’s election the support for the party completely evaporated.

The number of Conservative seats was reduced to 17 per cent.

In the Advertiser (May 11), both the editor and Gavin Ames gave their opinions as to why there was a massive loss of Conservative seats.

I would agree with them regarding the poor planning decisions, total lack of communication and consultation with residents and opposition councillors on major issues.

The proposed development of the golf course and skyscrapers in Maidenhead Town Centre are almost certainly the main reasons that there are no Conservative councillors representing the town of Maidenhead.

Sadly, it is too late to stop the high-rise developments in the town centre.

However, this is not the case with the

golf course.

The current arrangement is that Maidenhead Golf Club can remain on the site until December 2025.

This provides the newly elected council with time to stop the development or to significantly reduce its size.

The golf course site was purchased in 1953 by Maidenhead Borough Council (not RBWM).

They purchased the site to keep it as a green space and to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands!

Unfortunately, it did fall into the wrong hands but let us hope that the new council will do the right thing and prevent the loss of 135 acres of precious green belt land. GEORGE MIDGLEY Walker Road Maidenhead