New phone mast shock
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19 July 2006
MOBILE phone mast misery continues for Muswell Hill residents after they learned operator O2 is planning to put a new mast in Grand Avenue - next to another Vodaphone mast which they waged a bitter campaign against last year.
The company is hoping to bypass Haringey Council's planning process - claiming it does not need to get planning permission as the mast is replacing an existing one, which is no longer in use on top of the old BT exchange building.
But anti-mast campaigners claim that the new mast will look different, will operate differently and is from a different company so must go through the official planning process.
The existing mast was a two-way radio mast for private businesses supplied by Dolphin.
Sarah Purdey, who set up pressure group Muswell Hill Against the Masts, said: "If they have bought Dolphin they would have bought the planning permission and everything else. How can the council give it to somebody else?"
A spokesman for O2 said: "We may not have to get planning permission for that. We are talking to the council and we are talking to the people who do the telephone exchange.
"We are hoping there won't be too much difficulty.
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19 July 2006
MOBILE phone mast misery continues for Muswell Hill residents after they learned operator O2 is planning to put a new mast in Grand Avenue - next to another Vodaphone mast which they waged a bitter campaign against last year.
The company is hoping to bypass Haringey Council's planning process - claiming it does not need to get planning permission as the mast is replacing an existing one, which is no longer in use on top of the old BT exchange building.
But anti-mast campaigners claim that the new mast will look different, will operate differently and is from a different company so must go through the official planning process.
The existing mast was a two-way radio mast for private businesses supplied by Dolphin.
Sarah Purdey, who set up pressure group Muswell Hill Against the Masts, said: "If they have bought Dolphin they would have bought the planning permission and everything else. How can the council give it to somebody else?"
A spokesman for O2 said: "We may not have to get planning permission for that. We are talking to the council and we are talking to the people who do the telephone exchange.
"We are hoping there won't be too much difficulty.
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rudkla - 19. Jul, 17:58
