AFTER reading the Echo (September 23) it would appear that planning permission has been given to enable Eddie Mitchell to build on public land at Sandbanks.

So if planning permission is being given without the chairman of the planning committee being aware of it and stating “I am not happy about how this has been handled”, it surely raises some very serious questions that need answering.

I thought we lived in a democracy.

JOHN PORTER

Caledon Road, Poole

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