SIR – I am appalled to witness the unfolding monstrosity of the front of the re-vamped Marks & Spencer store. This new allglass facade is totally out of scale and out of character with the small-scale diverse building fronts of our high street.

Our city council is continually congratulating itself on the preservation of our building heritage in our ‘historic city’, yet they allow this image to be severely damaged by just one inappropriate new building in the historic heart of the city.

I have recently criticised the planners for the supermarket debacle in the south of the city. This newest blunder makes me think that it’s time our city planners packed up their bags and went home.

BRIAN FERRIS, Worcester.