What gives the council the right to pass plans to demolish three listed terraced cottages and associated garage in the heart of the village centre, and replace them with offices, numerous other buildings, and a three storey home for the elderly, when we already have an existing facility which is never full to capacity. How can this be justified? A picturesque open aspect to the approach of our early 20th century village centre. Top right. The green screen hiding what the developers do not want anyone to see until after it is constructed, note also the two new houses in the left of the picture crammed into the garden of a nearby house. Bottom right.  Rising forever skyward, this huge monstrosity is in place of our picturesque village garage. What does this mean? Instead of a small business providing employment for local people, we now have this ugly development in its place. The result is that local people now have to travel to find work, thus increasing congestion on our roads and the subsequent additional pollution from car exhausts, whilst this "home for the elderly" puts additional strain on the sewerage system, increases demand for power and enlarges the population of the village, apart from the other side effects such as an extra burden on the local doctors surgery etc. Still at least the local council can proudly announce they have surpassed their building quota set by the government, and of course they benefit by way of additional residents paying council tax. One could be forgiven for thinking that the way the planning application was waived through might have been due to an ulterior motive.