SOME of your correspondents are confusing large scale development with the need for a new university.

There need not be factories, warehouses and thousands of houses next to Coate Water just to allow the landowners to graciously give a small area to Bath University free of charge. The two projects should be separated and planning permission be granted for the University alone, without any other buildings.

I remain astounded by the bare faced greed of developers and the inability for local representatives to distinguish between the trees and the wood.

K Ratcliffe

Swindon