Justin Haque, of Start, Slapton, writes: Many thanks to the Gazette for hosting the debate on its letters page about the proposed holiday complex at Lower Coltscombe, Slapton. The paper has managed to balance the small amount of support for the developer with the considerable local opposition to this proposed project. Thus far the project proposes to break laws and precedences that make the English countryside such a precious place to protect.  The developer's purchase of agricultural and woodland with the intention to apply for immediate change of use could mean that anybody that owns any piece of land in our county could then become an instant developer, which would 'suburbanise' our beautiful countryside. Furthermore, his proposed project of a holiday village on this farmland directly breaks rule DP3 which prevents any further holiday complex expansion in the South Hams. One would hope that the council would not condone such a flagrant change of use and the breaking of its own rules designed to preserve the countryside of our county.  The developer thus far has not maintained any of his peripheral land responsibilities. Namely the public path enjoyed by many people that runs through his land and up to Upper Coltscombe. After the storms, many residents have had to deal with falling trees and rebuild the public areas of their land; but not this developer who allegedly is trying to sell the surplus sites that are not useful to his project which includes the area where the public path is considerably eroded and half the width it was prior to the storms. The project will also have an immediate environmental impact on the neighbouring site of special scientific interest, Slapton Ley, and the water wetlands of the valley that precede it, while,from the highways perspective, there is very limited access in terms of road use.  What is ironic is that planning consultants that have been employed are not local, while the public and often unpleasant private letters of support for this project have all come from people who do not live here and know little about this area and its unique environmental history.