LETTER: Health risks from greenfield building

The Sunday Telegraph (11 October 2015) did an interesting piece ‘The disturbing new dawn for Lyme disease’.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Oct 2015, 13:00 BST

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‘Soaring numbers of people are suffering from the bacterial infection Lyme Disease, new figures reveal’.

The piece goes on to describe the symptoms and consequences of this tick-borne health risk – which are most concerning. Experts believe that the increasing occurrence of Lyme disease is due to a number of factors and top of the list, the ‘increasing numbers of housing developments in rural areas’.

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I just wonder whether Horsham District Council took this environmental risk factor into account when preparing their Horsham District Planning Framework?

ANDREW MITCHELL

North Parade, Horsham

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