Bid to curb phone mast menace
11 October 2007
EDITORIAL - editorial@thecomet.net
MPs are being asked to support a bid by a district council to protect residents from the proliferation of mobile phone masts.
North Hertfordshire District Council intends to write to Oliver Heald, MP for Hertfordshire North East, and Peter Lilley, MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, to request active support in the council's call for greater powers when it comes to considering planning applications to erect telecommunication masts.
In particular, the council wants to be able to prohibit the development of any phone masts without planning permission - currently there is a series of variables which determine whether a mast needs planning permission, such as height, prominence and size in relation to height.
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EDITORIAL - editorial@thecomet.net
MPs are being asked to support a bid by a district council to protect residents from the proliferation of mobile phone masts.
North Hertfordshire District Council intends to write to Oliver Heald, MP for Hertfordshire North East, and Peter Lilley, MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, to request active support in the council's call for greater powers when it comes to considering planning applications to erect telecommunication masts.
In particular, the council wants to be able to prohibit the development of any phone masts without planning permission - currently there is a series of variables which determine whether a mast needs planning permission, such as height, prominence and size in relation to height.
Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/2gpq57
rudkla - 11. Okt, 15:40
