Mobile phone letters anger
Orange is offering villagers in South Staffordshire £3,000 a year if they allow a mast to be set up on their land.
The firm has written to homes in two Essington streets making the rent offer in a bid to find out who owns nearby farm land.
Essington already has 28 masts and base stations and an action group has been set up to fight applications for more. Orange is now eyeing up vacant land behind Sneyd Lane which does not belong to the local authority. Letters have gone to Sneyd Lane and Bursnips Lane homes.
The move has angered campaigners, who are urging residents to think carefully before agreeing to have a mast so near to their house.
Read the full story in the Express & Star.
http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/2007/08/21/mobile-phone-letters-anger/
The firm has written to homes in two Essington streets making the rent offer in a bid to find out who owns nearby farm land.
Essington already has 28 masts and base stations and an action group has been set up to fight applications for more. Orange is now eyeing up vacant land behind Sneyd Lane which does not belong to the local authority. Letters have gone to Sneyd Lane and Bursnips Lane homes.
The move has angered campaigners, who are urging residents to think carefully before agreeing to have a mast so near to their house.
Read the full story in the Express & Star.
http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/2007/08/21/mobile-phone-letters-anger/
rudkla - 21. Aug, 16:23
