Despite a concerted effort by The Press and York Means Business, with their high-profile campaign, and despite a production crew spending several months in and around the city making a film to promote York across the world – it was all a waste of time.

It would appear that while York Means Business, Wigginton Parish Council means anything but business.

“Adventure centre blow” (The Press, December 3) is just one more (albeit small) example of petty bureaucrats and town hall officials stepping in the way of yet another business proposal for York. Sixteen jobs (maybe not high skilled, or high paid, but an ideal opportunity for someone) have been obstructed on grounds of aesthetics (some ropes) and traffic (some cars).

These objections are made all the more shameful in that the proposal is less than a mile from Clifton Moor, a facility which attracts about 20,000 cars a day, rather than the 5,000 cars a year that Aerial Extreme hopes for.

So perhaps Mick Yates should examine the “somewhat dubious sustainability credentials” (his words) of Clifton Moor instead.

This is another example of “obstruction for obstruction’s sake”, which will see our city shunted into a cultural and commercial backwater, leaving our children unemployed, our communities dying and our house prices falling.

But don’t panic. At least the councillors and highway development officers can stand and proudly say: “York doesn’t want your business – take it away, and leave us to fade away in the decaying isolation of our ivory towers.”

Christopher David, Flash Frame Productions Ltd, Marsden Park, York.