Victory for Amington residents in phone mast battle
Thursday, December 18, 2008, 10:30
THERE has been a victory for residents protesting against a telephone mast being put up in their street after town planners turned down the application.
Tamworth Borough Council's planning committee voted against having the 10m high mast in Brindley Drive, to the rear of Selker Drive, Amington, but said they would work with applicants Vodafone UK to find a suitable alternative site – across the street has been put forward as a possibility.
The committee went against its planning officers' advice to refuse the application at a meeting on Wednesday night.
Their decision came after hearing the arguments of angry residents, who were all against the mast.
Lawrence Bright, who lives in Selker Drive, said residents had not been properly informed of the facts, and that the area was already saturated with telephone masts.
"We are going to end up with masts all the way down this place," he told the planning committee.
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http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/news/Victory-Amington-residents-phone-mast-battle/article-557982-detail/article.html
THERE has been a victory for residents protesting against a telephone mast being put up in their street after town planners turned down the application.
Tamworth Borough Council's planning committee voted against having the 10m high mast in Brindley Drive, to the rear of Selker Drive, Amington, but said they would work with applicants Vodafone UK to find a suitable alternative site – across the street has been put forward as a possibility.
The committee went against its planning officers' advice to refuse the application at a meeting on Wednesday night.
Their decision came after hearing the arguments of angry residents, who were all against the mast.
Lawrence Bright, who lives in Selker Drive, said residents had not been properly informed of the facts, and that the area was already saturated with telephone masts.
"We are going to end up with masts all the way down this place," he told the planning committee.
Read More...
http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/news/Victory-Amington-residents-phone-mast-battle/article-557982-detail/article.html
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