"Used to be all fields round 'ere"

That may be what people will be saying in 20 years if the developers have their way.

Developers must have their way of course. They are vital to our happiness, according to the Planning Minister: "...the only way we'll get M&S back and get a John Lewis at some future point, is if the population of the town grows."

Is that all that's on offer? I'll keep the fields, thanks.