SADLY as expected, greed rather than need has triumphed again as developer MACE has been granted permission to destroy Botley as we know it.

Having lived in Botley for over 50 years, I have grown to love it and do not want to see it destroyed purely to satisfy the greed of a developer.

The Vale of White Horse Council made their intentions clear by holding the planning meeting in Wantage rather than closer to home.

Eight of the hard-of-hearing planning committee voted in favour of the overdevelopment and three against.

I find it rather sad that eight people can decide what Botley is going to have rather than the majority of people who live in Botley.

Thanks to them we will now have to endure two or maybe three years of misery while the destruction takes place, only to finish up with something the majority of us who live here did not want in the first place.

May I say a big thank you to the three councillors who voted against the proposal in support of the residents of Botley.

Had there been more like you caring three, Botley would still have been a nice quiet little community to live in.

P COULING
Botley