Precious countryside sacrificed for homes

SIR – It is not just in East Sussex that contentious housing projects are planned (Letters, May 9).

In this hamlet in West Sussex, there is a proposal to build at least 3,000 homes on land close to Brinsbury Agricultural College (land presumably chosen for its agricultural qualities).

This wonderful countryside, where skylarks and deer are common, will be lost for ever if the proposal goes ahead, and is a direct result of central government demands to build more homes. Unless there is a change of direction, the Tories will have problems in the South and South East.

Raymond L Chick

Billingshurst, West Sussex