'I would urge anyone concerned about this proposed development to let the council have the benefit of their views' - Your Letters: August 28

Bridgnorth residents may not be aware that a 'change of use' planning application has been submitted to Shropshire Council to convert Whitburn Grange Hotel, at the corner of Pound Street (Squirrel Bank) and Salop Street, into 'a house of multiple occupation' comprising 15 individual units of accommodation.

If granted this would replace the existing planning permission which is for the hotel and its outbuildings to be converted 'to form six apartments'.

Whilst on the one hand there is no proof that a house of multiple occupation would necessarily be filled with migrants, on the other hand there is absolutely no guarantee that the accommodation would instead be used to house homeless members of the indigenous population.

As things stand the 'change of use' application is, according to the Shropshire Council website, 'pending consideration'.

I would urge anyone concerned about this proposed development to let Shropshire Council have the benefit of their views.

Christopher Gill, Bridgnorth

QR CODES ARE A REAL HEADACHE

Having been shopping at my local supermarket, I picked up a booklet which I hoped would tell me the store opening hours over the bank holiday weekend. However, instead of the hours being printed I was invited to scan a QR code which would give me the information.

This is a disturbing trend which causes customers without this technology to become increasingly marginalised. There must be many customers who are not online at home or do not have a smartphone who feel as alarmed as I do as we rush with reckless haste towards a digital-only future.

John Costello, Halesowen

ODE TO PLATO'S FAVOURITE PUB

They’re closing down, one by one

Like lights going out in a building

A building that stands as the universal pub

It’s like all the pubs you’ve ever known

The ‘mothership’ of pubs

Plato’s Perfect Form of a pub

With many many windows

Each window representing

A physical earthbound pub

Our pubs; every pub we’ve ever known

And they’re closing down one by one

Like lights going out in the windows of the building.

Alan Jones, Wolverhampton

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