WITH regard to The Press story of September 17 about plans for the Bar Walls hotel being withdrawn, why is it then that plans were passed for a four-storey block of flats on the old INL Club site in Speculation Street right next to the Bar Walls?

I used to have a gorgeous view of the walls from my lounge, and could see the Wolds from my bedroom. Now all I see are those flats built only a few yards away. And I must say, they are not good to look at.

M Whattam, Huby Court, Walmgate, York.