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You have heard that a developer plans to build a shopping centre near your home. Write a letter to the council. In your letter say how you heard about the plan explain how you feel about it ask for more information about it

Dear Sir or Madam, I am a resident of Boundary Road and I have recently read in the local newspaper that a shopping centre is going to be built near where I live. This news was rather a surprise to me. I have been living in Boundary Road for five years now and it has always been a very quiet street with very few tall buildings. I think a construction like this will change the atmosphere of the area considerably and, like many other residents I have spoken to, I am not at all happy about it. I think people who live in the area have a right to know more about the plan before it goes ahead, so I would like to request further details regarding the dates of the planned building work and the size of the centre. Also, I sincerely hope you are planning to provide a car park, as otherwise parking will become very difficult for everyone in the area. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, John Carlson
Dear Sir or Madam,

I am a resident of Boundary Road and I have recently read in the local newspaper that a shopping
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centre
is going to
be built
near where I
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live
.

This news was
rather
a surprise to me. I have been living in Boundary Road for five years
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now and
it has always been a
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very
quiet street with
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very
few tall buildings. I
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think
a construction like this will
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change
the atmosphere of the area
considerably
and, like
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many
other residents I have spoken to, I am not at all happy about it.

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I
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think
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people
who
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live
in the area have a right to know more about the plan
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before
it goes ahead,
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so
I would like to request
further
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details
regarding the dates of the planned building work and the size of the
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centre
.
Also
, I
sincerely
hope you are planning to provide a car park, as
otherwise
parking will become
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very
difficult for everyone in the area.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours
faithfully
,

John Carlson

IELTS letter You have heard that a developer plans to build a shopping centre near your home. Write a letter to the council. In your letter say how you heard about the plan explain how you feel about it ask for more information about it

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  American English
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174 words
6.0
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