Sir, I was one of the 11 people who spoke to Mrs. Putwain about the town walls lighting scheme, and concurred wholeheartedly with her views opposing it. When the planning application appeared in the newspaper, my husband and I viewed the plans and wrote a letter of objection on the grounds of: 1) unecessary light pollution; 2) waste of energy at a time when all of us should be reducing our use of it; 3) the improbability that this floodlighting would increase tourist numbers. Clr. Mrs. Lane says we do not 'have to stay in the dark ages', but Tenby's walls are already very well lit by plenty of street lamps; any more would be overkill. She continues: "It is our duty to make our town as attractive as we can," but what is attractive about having garish lighting on the whole of the walls and towers? She also says: "We have the history, let's make sure Tenby has a future," but that is just what Tenby won't have if we take no heed of the world's leading scientists. The idea of floodlighting is out of date now in view of the seriousness of climate change. As for the bats, a responsible town council would not seek to go against the official bat survey and policy 65, but might very well welcome bats as adding to the biodiversity of the town - an indication that Tenby is still a pleasant place to visit.
Mrs. R. H. Regelous, Kilgetty.