We read the report “Planning go ahead for ‘unattractive clutter’” in last week’s Free Press about the granting of permission for an open air gallery made from stone-filled gabions on the Esplanade and noted that in the meeting, Cllr Terry Venner had asked whether Minehead Conservation Society had been consulted.

The answer in a word is no.

Sally Bainbridge, Chairman, Minehead Conservation Society.