AS a resident of Callow Close I would like to reply to the letter from Miss N Green concerning the destruction of amenity land in Areley Kings.

Miss Green was certainly not present at the residents' protest in April, but appears to have first-hand knowledge of conversations that took place.

The land in question was created as amenity land as a planning condition when the estate was built in the 1970s.

This and other similar parcels of land were to be transferred to the council, but for some reason this did not happen.

It is these landscaped areas that give the estate a pleasant, open feel.

Our local councillor, Jamie Shaw, has been working on behalf of the residents. The new owners of the land have been advised that approval is required for the work they wish to carry out, but appear to have chosen to ignore this.

The new fence has confined a well-used public footpath to a narrow alleyway with associated security risks to the children and older people who use it to get to the shops and schools.

The use of a vehicle access to their Bowpatch Road house from Callow Close has created additional traffic on a quiet residential street.

The vulnerable in this wrangle are the many residents who feel they are being ignored.

I believe that had the owners adopted a different approach a solution acceptable to all could have been reached, with local residents supporting a planning application.

SIMON MITCHELL

Callow Close, Areley Kings