Delay row sees phone mast stay
Thursday, September 25, 2008, 09:00
A DELAY of just 24 hours has meant a controversial mobile phone mast has been allowed to stay up in Swansea's Townhill area.
Assembly planing inspector Clive Nield ruled that Swansea Council was one day late in telling telecommunications giant Vodafone that permission for the mast to be installed on land at the junction of Dyfed Avenue and Ceiriog Road had been refused.
The delay meant that Vodafone could ignore the council's ruling and put the mast up anyway, and now has successfully appealed against a further council order to take the mast down.
In his report, Mr Nield said: "There is no doubt the council failed to meet the requirement for notification of its decision within the prescribed 56-day period. Thus, the development in question is deemed to have been approved."
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A DELAY of just 24 hours has meant a controversial mobile phone mast has been allowed to stay up in Swansea's Townhill area.
Assembly planing inspector Clive Nield ruled that Swansea Council was one day late in telling telecommunications giant Vodafone that permission for the mast to be installed on land at the junction of Dyfed Avenue and Ceiriog Road had been refused.
The delay meant that Vodafone could ignore the council's ruling and put the mast up anyway, and now has successfully appealed against a further council order to take the mast down.
In his report, Mr Nield said: "There is no doubt the council failed to meet the requirement for notification of its decision within the prescribed 56-day period. Thus, the development in question is deemed to have been approved."
Read More...
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Delay-row-sees-phone-mast-stay/article-354414-detail/article.html
rudkla - 25. Sep, 22:00
