Sir - Councillor Belson was present I believe, as an observer, at the planning meeting on July 10, when his colleagues in Oxfordshire County Council resolved to give npower permission to turn a beautiful wildlife site into a waste dump. Why had he not raised the subject of waste recycling before now, and especially with his planning councillor colleagues?

One set of rules for the public and another for big business? Apart from the benefits of landfill avoidance by recycling Didcot's waste ash into building materials, there is the added benefit of a reduction in the mining and lime-kilning of aggregates - which Didcot's PFA could replace - if RWE were to enter into a venture with a company such as Rocktron, who are working alongside the power station at Fiddlers Ferry.

There is a huge demand for building materials in the South East, particularly with the Olympics, and RWE's attitude that the ash is not of value to them is blinkered and in keeping with their arrogance that they have the right over the rest of the community.

All businesses have to diversify and it is about time RWE got some real green credentials. There is still time to change their attitude, and they should be made to change by the local government who are supposed to look after the interests of the residents of Oxfordshire, not the shareholders of a polluting global company.

Lynda Pasquire, Radley