WHO governs planning authorities? Who has the final say in these departments? Does anyone know?

You see from what I’ve seen of development planning, it’s non-existent.

I cannot take the planning authority seriously. I thought planners cared about the environment to which a development is introduced.

Let’s look at the Bournemouth Imax, that is now, after pressure from the public, being redeveloped.

Another bad piece of planning is the road running across the beautiful gardens, in Bournemouth centre, and blocks the unforgettable sea view, destroying the natural seascape.

What fool gave permission, for this to take place?

And there’s the sadness of original houses, bulldozed to the floor, to make way for the monumental pristine, super steel enforced, toughened glass verandas, of new housing spread along the seashores of Bournemouth, (pulled down 20 years later to make way for a carbon copy).

Hasn’t the planning authority realised that the long-established history, and the environmental identity has been destroyed?

Is it wiped out for ever, never to be brought back to life?

Today’s children and adults will now end up like our ancestors crying into old photos, wishing they could see Bournemouth in its original state of glory.

But because of some short-sighted planners, together with arrogant developers, it has all gone.

Sorry I’ve run out of medals labelled ‘Gone with the Wind’.

JILLY HEAD, Bournemouth