CONCERNING the Tesco planning application, I can well understand why the Advertiser’s editor challenged Dawn Worgan’s statement that “The town council has not at any time recommended this planning application for refusal.” Those of us who sat in on the council meeting in the Autumn know only too well that the decision was taken to reject the proposal, and when I wrote in the Advertiser about the council’s astonishing U-turn a couple of weeks later, Dawn made no attempt to justify it. One can only assume from her letter that when the proposal was rejected a recommendation was not made to the district council, whereas when the proposal was approved the district council was informed. Perhaps Dawn would like to explain the reason for this.

As regards Alec Wall inviting me to join the Tenbury Town Council, I feel the frustration I would experience would not be good for my health. On the one occasion I spoke passionately about people’s concerns about traffic congestion not a single member of the committee showed any interest.

On that note I repeat my challenge – this time to Councillor Price at the very forefront of the pro-Tesco group – to explain to the people of Tenbury (1) how local traders could compete with such a store, and (2) how our wonkey Teme Bridge could cope with hundreds of extra vehicles, attempting to cross from both directions, seven days a week, from morning ‘til night.

NORMAN WANSTALL, BORASTON DRIVE, BURFORD,