SO we have been told to find space for another 3,800 houses (Times, June 15) by the unknown, un-elected and unwanted South West Regional Assembly, an apparatus of the equally unwanted Prime Minister for England (aka the Deputy Prime Minister) which was fabricated to bypass our elected representatives in Exeter, because central Government doesn?t like elected local government. Quite where the occupants of Tavistock?s share of these 3,800 houses will park their cars in town on Saturday, and quite how they will negotiate the school/commuter run through Tavistock (and along Whitchurch Road {Times June 15}) will be all that is left for us to decide. And even our ability to influence that debate will be limited if public consultation exercises are to be carried out on working days between 9am and 3pm. The Tavistock roadshow is in the pannier market on Thursday June 29, between those times. For many (most?) of us at that time of day a roadshow in the pannier market might as well be staged in New Zealand, for all the likelihood of us getting away from our commuter work to see it. Alan Johnson 11 Newtake Road, Whitchurch LAST week West Devon Borough told us that it is ?crucial that residents take the time to study? proposals to build 3,800 new homes in West Devon over the next 20 years. We are being told that ?the majority of these homes will be built in Okehampton and Tavistock?, the two largest settlements in West Devon by far. Housing is something that will be with us for generations, affecting landscape and infrastructure. Parking is an immediate but swiftly moving matter. So, given that the recent county council consultation in the town hall about street car parking in Tavistock took place in 14 hours over two days, we would expect at least the same opportunity to be consulted by the borough about housing here over the next two decades until 2026. Residents were able to attend the county?s consultation up to 8pm on both days, well in time to catch those returning from work. So, what is the borough proposing for us in Tavistock and Okehampton for something of long-term, strategic importance? Six hours on a single day, between 9am and 3pm! How will the many who work be able to have a voice, for example? The biggest single item in the budget of those who work is housing. Surveys of residents? views consistently put affordable housing at the top of any list of concerns. Workers are being excluded. This is a skewed consultation. It is blatant information management? to give the borough the result it wants. Alex Wood 4 Kilworthy Hill, Tavistock