I commend your leading article about the Green Belt around York and the need for it to be preserved (December 11).
The amount of land in the Green Belt is finite and much will be used up in a very short time even if restricted development is allowed. This will have disastrous effects on York's environment.
One of York's great charms is the "fingers" of green, such as Knavesmire, that come almost into the city centre from the surrounding countryside, to the great delight of the visitors on whom much of the city's economy depends.
The surrounding Green Belt is the setting for the jewel which is York, and gives pleasure to everyone. The Council for the Protection of Rural England's York and Selby Branch has been carefully following the progress of the Local Plan from which the Green Belt consultation has arisen and it will continue to do so.
It is important that anyone who feels strongly about the importance of the Green Belt, or who thinks areas which have not been included ought to be, should take part in the council's consultation process. As your leading article said, the pressure on the council to give up Green Belt land for building is intense. But the loss of such land is final and unlikely to be recovered.
Marcus Dangerfield,
Chairman, York and Selby Branch for the Protection of Rural England,
Askham Richard,
York.
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