Come on John, stick to the facts

The claim that the current school site could not be adapted is nonsense. There is ample room to rebuild a new school with most of the existing structure in place. If Tesco thought that the site was large enough for a massive superstore, a petrol station and many tens of houses, then obviously it is a vast site. Indeed, if it can be utilised as a park-and-ride site at Christmas with large buses coming in and out and hundreds of cars being parked on it, then obviously it is big.

John is reiterating claims that his son-in-law Neil Morris (the headmaster of CWHS) made at the public inquiry last year about the fields flooding. The argument is an empty one. It is laughable that John has said that the facilities are "subject to flooding for most of the year." This is not the case. I walk this area regularly many times per year and in the 20 years of living in St John's, flooding in this area has occurred less than a handful of times.

I would advise your readers that in more recent years it has not suffered any major flooding since 2000. Also, Kings School has facilities in the same area and I can't hear them complaining that the flooding is affecting their sports facilities. So come on, John - stick to the facts.

BILL DAVISON,

Spokesman for CHRISS,

St John's