They have got to go

I refer to the recent comments by Councillor Frewin ( Wokingham Paper

May 7) and Councillor Cowan

( Wokingham Paper May 14).

The council has sold Shinfield and Arborfield down the river with the explosion of new houses.

It will be a total demolition of the south of the borough unless planning consultants and a barrister are brought in by the residents to fight each planning application.

It is possible to save some resemblance of the area with a strong committee using the professionals and the full support of the residents.

One just cannot leave it to Councillors Frewin, Cowan and Kerr to try and save the area from complete annihilation.

The Council’s borough plan pushing so much development to the south of the Borough should now be scrapped.

This is immoral and undemocratic and at the same time keeping their master plan of 15,000 houses in the balance to destroy Grazeley.

We have inexperienced officers and councillors who will not fight and challenge the Treasury over the ridiculous quota figures as they do not want to upset their colleagues in Westminster.

In all the planning applications there is a desperate shortage of affordable housing. Why?

As usual there is no increase in the infrastructure In the developments.

What hope is there for any resident when MP John Redwood won’t answer letters from Sarah Kerr over the lack of need for developers to get planning permission for some developments.

It is the same with Council Leader Halsall who does not reply to letters or even keep his promise to visit

Radcot Close with an engineer to inspect the tripable surfaces due to bad workmanship by council contractors.

On a national level one just has to look at the Prime Minister’s behaviour in support of Donald Cummings.

Both have been responsible for the shambles of this pandemic with their failure to answer questions. Neither has displayed a scintilla of contrition for Cummings breach of trust.

The Prime Minister has lost all credibility.

Cummings has to go.

It is very clear that the Councillors are not for the residents but for Party instructions. That is why Resident Association Councillors with no party allegiance is the answer for local government.