Victory in phone mast battle
Jun 25, 2006
Residents in Tipton are celebrating after a mobile phone giant lost an appeal to put a mast near one of the town's primary schools.
Campaigners, including Lisa Guest, of Elizabeth Walk, whose daughter goes to Wednesbury Oak Junior School, had thought they had won the battle to stop the 35ft 3G mast after it was turned down last year.
But Vodafone appealed at the eleventh hour and left residents fearing they could still face the prospect of having a mast within just a short distance from the school.
Around 1,000 people of Wednesbury Oak and Princes End fought the plans and launched a petition.
And this week they found out that the appeal had been turned down.
© Express & Star Ltd, 1997-200
http://www.expressandstar.com/articles/news/es/article_91420.php
Residents in Tipton are celebrating after a mobile phone giant lost an appeal to put a mast near one of the town's primary schools.
Campaigners, including Lisa Guest, of Elizabeth Walk, whose daughter goes to Wednesbury Oak Junior School, had thought they had won the battle to stop the 35ft 3G mast after it was turned down last year.
But Vodafone appealed at the eleventh hour and left residents fearing they could still face the prospect of having a mast within just a short distance from the school.
Around 1,000 people of Wednesbury Oak and Princes End fought the plans and launched a petition.
And this week they found out that the appeal had been turned down.
© Express & Star Ltd, 1997-200
http://www.expressandstar.com/articles/news/es/article_91420.php
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