I read with sadness Martin Young’s plight with regard to the Oxford Brookes development (Oxford Mail, October 16).

How awful that a man of “limited means” is waking in “cold sweats” at the thought of an unwanted development being foisted onto his doorstep.

I had similar difficulty with an opportunistic developer trying to gain planning permission for a rubbish dump in the middle of a residential area.

The proposed dump, which was refused by planners would have backed onto the garden where my children play.

The developer’s name? Martin Young.

May I take this opportunity to wish Oxford Brookes every success in their venture.

David O’Shaughnessy Long Wall Littlemore Oxford