Phone masts: We were the last to know
Published Date: 02 January 2009
THINK you are safe from mobile phone masts? Think again.
It was by pure accident that we found out that two 6ft Vodafone mobile telephone mast were being erected on the roof of a block of flats right next door to us.
The freeholder, who lives in Essex, had granted a 20-year lease without any consultation to any leaseholder/resident.
We found out from the planning department that consent was not required as it came under the "permitted development" banner.
The government grant licences to the phone companies, giving them revenue in excess of £22 billion.
Again, it is profit over people, as they will not take any research into health implications into consideration.
Read More...
http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/worthing-letters/Phone-masts-We-were-the.4840023.jp
THINK you are safe from mobile phone masts? Think again.
It was by pure accident that we found out that two 6ft Vodafone mobile telephone mast were being erected on the roof of a block of flats right next door to us.
The freeholder, who lives in Essex, had granted a 20-year lease without any consultation to any leaseholder/resident.
We found out from the planning department that consent was not required as it came under the "permitted development" banner.
The government grant licences to the phone companies, giving them revenue in excess of £22 billion.
Again, it is profit over people, as they will not take any research into health implications into consideration.
Read More...
http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/worthing-letters/Phone-masts-We-were-the.4840023.jp
rudkla - 3. Jan, 09:26
