Phone mast campaigners celebrate victory
2:00pm Tuesday 21st October 2008
RESIDENTS who feared three phone masts would be built outside their homes are breathing a sigh of relief.
People living along Rodford Way, in Dodington, were horrified when mobile company Vodafone submitted plans for a 10-metre high mast in September.
But they are celebrating victory this week after South Gloucestershire Council refused the proposals out of hand.
Campaign leader Mandy Sainsbury, who lives in Blaisdon off Rodford Way, said: "The battle is won but the war is not over yet."
Residents were particularly upset because they already have to put up with a giant O2 receptor and expect phone company 3 to put up a mast imminently.
During a campaign against the Vodafone proposals, homeowners launched a scathing attack on the council for ignoring previous agreements to consider mobile phone mast applications in much more detail.
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http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/3777765.Phone_mast_campaigners_celebrate_victory/
RESIDENTS who feared three phone masts would be built outside their homes are breathing a sigh of relief.
People living along Rodford Way, in Dodington, were horrified when mobile company Vodafone submitted plans for a 10-metre high mast in September.
But they are celebrating victory this week after South Gloucestershire Council refused the proposals out of hand.
Campaign leader Mandy Sainsbury, who lives in Blaisdon off Rodford Way, said: "The battle is won but the war is not over yet."
Residents were particularly upset because they already have to put up with a giant O2 receptor and expect phone company 3 to put up a mast imminently.
During a campaign against the Vodafone proposals, homeowners launched a scathing attack on the council for ignoring previous agreements to consider mobile phone mast applications in much more detail.
Read More...
http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/3777765.Phone_mast_campaigners_celebrate_victory/
rudkla - 21. Okt, 18:04
