Green belt phone mast scheme thrown out
A plan to erect a mobile phone mast on green belt land next to the M54 near Shifnal has been thrown out despite it being recommended for approval.
Bridgnorth District Council’s development control committee last night voted unanimously against proposals to put up a 22.5 metre mast at Williams Plant Hire, off Stanton Road at Tong Forge.
The application by phone giant T-Mobile had been recommended for approval by the council’s planning officers but councillors rejected it on the grounds that it did not justify the special circumstances needed to build on green belt land.
Refusal was proposed by Councillor Norman Cottrell, who described the proposed mast as a “massive thing” that would tower above trees in the area.
The full version of this article appears in tonight’s Bridgnorth edition of the Shropshire Star.
© 2003-06 Shropshire Newspapers Ltd
http://www.shropshirestar.com/show_article.php?aID=46893
Bridgnorth District Council’s development control committee last night voted unanimously against proposals to put up a 22.5 metre mast at Williams Plant Hire, off Stanton Road at Tong Forge.
The application by phone giant T-Mobile had been recommended for approval by the council’s planning officers but councillors rejected it on the grounds that it did not justify the special circumstances needed to build on green belt land.
Refusal was proposed by Councillor Norman Cottrell, who described the proposed mast as a “massive thing” that would tower above trees in the area.
The full version of this article appears in tonight’s Bridgnorth edition of the Shropshire Star.
© 2003-06 Shropshire Newspapers Ltd
http://www.shropshirestar.com/show_article.php?aID=46893
rudkla - 18. Jul, 18:15
