I WRITE with regard to the planning application for flats on Mill Road, Walmersley, Bury, and the comments made by Councillor Yvonne Wright at the recent planning meeting.

It was small-minded of her to use the particular views of two or three local residents and to completely disregard the many other letters that mentioned planning objections and were not merely about mental health issues.

I would have thought that as a councillor she would be more open-minded than to make a statement which made the entire community look like "witch-hunters".

Coun Wright unnecessarily angered many people during the meeting. Not once during our two-minute presentation did we mention any issues regarding the residents of the flats. We were objecting on planning grounds only.

I think I am safe in assuming that Coun Wright always speaks her mind without a thought for other people's feelings or the consequences of what she says. She should be ashamed of her unprovoked outburst. In my view she is the only one who has been judgemental and not looked at the wider picture.

MRS BROWN,

Ribble Drive, Bury.