Planning chairman raises health fears over phone masts
Dec 17 2008
by Lynda Nicol, East Kilbride News
EAST Renfrewshire’s planning convener has put out the call to the Scottish and United Kingdom Governments to examine health concerns around mobile phone masts.
Councillor Ian McAlpine, who chairs the council’s planning applications committee, has contacted the area’s MP and MSP to call on an examination of the issue.
He said: “When we receive a planning application for a mobile phone mast it is examined by our council planners strictly on planning grounds.
“But residents keep raising health concerns. As planning convener, I cannot take these into account, our planners cannot examine them and our committee members cannot consider them when making a decision.
“Our residents are concerned but neither we, our national Governments nor the mobile phone industry are doing enough to answer their questions.”
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by Lynda Nicol, East Kilbride News
EAST Renfrewshire’s planning convener has put out the call to the Scottish and United Kingdom Governments to examine health concerns around mobile phone masts.
Councillor Ian McAlpine, who chairs the council’s planning applications committee, has contacted the area’s MP and MSP to call on an examination of the issue.
He said: “When we receive a planning application for a mobile phone mast it is examined by our council planners strictly on planning grounds.
“But residents keep raising health concerns. As planning convener, I cannot take these into account, our planners cannot examine them and our committee members cannot consider them when making a decision.
“Our residents are concerned but neither we, our national Governments nor the mobile phone industry are doing enough to answer their questions.”
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