Belt up
From Michael Simons
Sir: Simon Nixon trivialises Green Belt legislation to a reckless degree (‘No bubble, no slump’, 31 December). Far from benefiting a mere handful of stockbrokers, it is thanks to the Green Belt that several millions of Londoners still live within 15 miles or less of open countryside, rather than in a vast megalopolis stretching from Chelmsford to Southampton and from Reading to Maidstone. England is by far the most densely populated major country in Europe, and the breathing space given by open country between our conurbations remains vital to our quality of life. New homes must be provided without the urban shadow spreading across the whole land, and that means strong Green Belt legislation proof against arbitrary overrule by government-appointed ‘inspectors’.
Michael Simons Ruislip, Middlesex
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