Ah, so once again Chippenham’s do-gooders are at it. It seems the “poor wild animals habitat” regarding the poor bunnies, grass snakes, lesser spotted hogworts, etc, didn’t seem to hold enough clout to stop The Range being stopped. So what next?

Well well, well, there is an ancient Roman farmstead! It’s been there hidden away for hundreds of years, and we only took a fortnight to discover it. Now I am only assuming that this farmstead is on land owned by Mr Paul Reynolds, who farms this land, and also owns Allington Farm Shop, and who displays huge posters on his land emblazoned with “No to The Range” because if allowed it would seriously impact on his business.

It does seem that Chippenham is slipping behind with options for future employment, as so many new applications for new business premises are turned down time after time.

As regards the Roman farmstead, the protest group who oppose The Range say: “We must preserve our heritage”. I wonder where they were when Chippenham’s River Street, and the old 22 arched River Avon bridge, and many other historic buildings such as the Old Mill were demolished?

Chippenham is slowly dying on its feet.

The old Post Office in the Market Place has been empty for years, there is a new courthouse soon to close – paid for by the taxpayer – there is the old Middlefield School, empty for years, that would have made a nice police station, or been done up into flats for the homeless.

Cepen Park is probably where most of the protesters live, once a green belt area in itself. Let’s move on, give people a choice of where to shop, give people a chance to be employed. Move on, I think it’s called progress.

Robin Barnett, Waverley Court, Corsham.