WIRRAL Council surely has a remarkable talent for disaster.

We know that they aim to release nearly eight square miles from the Green Belt - 4,900 acres.

This could accommodate up to 71,000 houses at normal densities, against a government suggested target of 12,000 houses over 15 years.

In reality, real needs will turn out to be a quarter to a half of this.

Using brown field (2,400), Peel (2,900) sites and a proportion of refurbished empty housing (3,000) the real GB release requirement will be zero to 4% of the council's cunning, Green Belt Sell Off plan.

Most of this GB land is "high quality agricultural" land.

Post Brexit, we will need this land.

The new Agriculture Bill will stress the importance of producing our own "high quality food." 

The new policy "will reward farmers for helping to enhance the environment not for how many acres they own."

Perhaps the council can tell Wirral residents how releasing huge, unnecessary areas of Green Belt, to land speculators and developers and destroying high quality farm land and wildlife habitat will comply with this new national policy?

Well, come on Mr. Davies, what is the answer?

Professor D P Gregg, Spital.