READERS have reacted after plans to demolish Kendal s magistrates court and replace it with 64 new retirement apartments were approved. SLDC councillors had been split with six votes for and six votes against clearing the Burneside Road site, until the planning committee s chair used his vote to approve the Churchill Retirement Living proposal. Is it worth it said: Send this permission to appeal, the council can do it. - Why not rental property for young working families with local occupancy clauses, no right to buy? Come on Giles & Co, this land must already be in public ownership. An ideal opportunity for money where mouth is. Money wasted, so what s new, happens all the time, it s only tax payers money.