SIR – The campaigners against the ill-conceived application to build a care home in Northwick Road are to be congratulated. Their victory is well merited. However, as proved with a housing development scheme a few yards down the road, their jubilation may be short lived. The Old Northwick Farm housing development proposals were the subject of a protracted planning debate, which extended over almost a decade and was fiercely opposed by local residents and other citizens who were aware of the undeniable dangers of flooding and damage to the environment. The Worcester City Council planning committee finally refused the planning application to great acclaim, only for it to be overturned on appeal by Government planning authorities in Bristol!