Destruction of green fields regrettable – Yorkshire Post Letters

NEVER in my life have I been so worried, frightened even by what world my grandchildren and great grandchildren are going to inherit, to grow up in.

The fields that I played in, the fields I explored. Where I picked mushrooms, blackberries, or crab-apples. These fields where I would make a den under the hedgerow and watch an old dog fox or watch cuckoos or yellowhammers and hear their song.

The trees I climbed and the hedgerows, now grubbed out to be replaced by concrete and hard surfaces. These same fields denied to my children, all children. Animals and birds now on a red list, animals and birds that they will not see in this vicinity again.

Is there something like an arms race between competing councils to see who can build the most houses, who can cover more acres with bricks and mortar than any other council? These fields gone forever.

Enough is enough, yes we have a legal procedure that we can go through where we raise our objections, our valid reasons against, we can form our action groups, but are these ever taken notice of?

Maybe in the case of the Nidd Gorge where due to the terrain it is not feasible to build houses. But not in these once green and level fields next to main roads.

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