I SEE the trees are being chopped down in the grounds of that pleasant residential home known as Leadon Bank. What a monstrosity this is likely to be!

I know some of our local residents fought desperately hard from the beginning to prevent this and petitions together with a referendum were very well supported but what difference did that make - absolutely none. Some of us are getting on in years and this is most upsetting for us all. All of my life I have felt that I should not write to the paper for various reasons but I cannot help it now. Having lived in Belle Orchard all my life it makes me feel really ill. I know it's too late to say this but we really did try.

It seems to me that no matter what we vote for we never get what we want.

SUE HARLING, Belle Orchard, Ledbury.