WALTHAM ABBEY: Families living by phone mast reject council compensation
2:53pm Friday 31st July 2009
By Isabel Jensen
HOMEOWNERS living in the shadow of a 60ft mobile phone mast which was erected two years ago after a council mix up, have rejected an offer of compensation.
The O2 mast, on the junction of Stoneyshotts and Honey Lane was allowed to stay up because bungling Epping Forest district council officials forgot to send in their written rejection in time for the 56-day limit.
Furious residents rallied round to demand that the council tear down the mast, but EFDC planning officers estimate that it could cost them £150,000 to remove the mast and pay O2 a compensation fee.
Instead, they’ve offered each one of the ten houses that complained in writing a paltry £250 and an apology.
But people living close to the mast have dismissed the payout as a joke.
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By Isabel Jensen
HOMEOWNERS living in the shadow of a 60ft mobile phone mast which was erected two years ago after a council mix up, have rejected an offer of compensation.
The O2 mast, on the junction of Stoneyshotts and Honey Lane was allowed to stay up because bungling Epping Forest district council officials forgot to send in their written rejection in time for the 56-day limit.
Furious residents rallied round to demand that the council tear down the mast, but EFDC planning officers estimate that it could cost them £150,000 to remove the mast and pay O2 a compensation fee.
Instead, they’ve offered each one of the ten houses that complained in writing a paltry £250 and an apology.
But people living close to the mast have dismissed the payout as a joke.
Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/m7o2l9
rudkla - 31. Jul, 23:30
