Giant loo brush plan for city's beauty spot
A plan to 'plant' a fake 25-metre tall cypress tree disguising a mobile phone mast close to Chichester's most popular walking and cycling route has provoked a wave of protest.
Conservationists, residents and city councillors are queueing up to condemn the scheme, with claims that it will damage the landscape close to Centurion Way, which is used by thousands of people.
One said it would look like a giant loo brush. And some residents living nearby are expressing concerns about possible health risks from the mast.
But the company behind the scheme maintains the mock tree will be 'more visually amenable' than a conventional mast.
Orange is applying to the district council for permission to replace an existing 15m high mast with the 10m higher fake tree mast, on the west side of the way near Warren Farm Lane.
Report in January 25 issue of the Observer
30 January 2007
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Conservationists, residents and city councillors are queueing up to condemn the scheme, with claims that it will damage the landscape close to Centurion Way, which is used by thousands of people.
One said it would look like a giant loo brush. And some residents living nearby are expressing concerns about possible health risks from the mast.
But the company behind the scheme maintains the mock tree will be 'more visually amenable' than a conventional mast.
Orange is applying to the district council for permission to replace an existing 15m high mast with the 10m higher fake tree mast, on the west side of the way near Warren Farm Lane.
Report in January 25 issue of the Observer
30 January 2007
All rights reserved © 2007 Johnston Press Digital Publishing.
http://www.chichester.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=448&ArticleID=1994193
rudkla - 30. Jan, 17:34
