Anger after phone mast ban turns up a day late
By Jonny Fordham
March 30, 2009
Families are furious after a council blunder meant its ban on plans for a 10 metre phone mast arrived in the post at Vodafone one day too late under planning regulations.
The company has ploughed on with the project in Westdene Crescent in Caversham after Reading Borough Council failed to submit its refusal within the designated 56 days.
The letter, which council officials claim was posted in time, did not arrive until the 57th day, giving the mobile phone giant the green light for the controversial mast.
People living in the crescent believed they had successfully fought off the proposal when it was submitted in 2006, until paper plans for the positioning of the mast blew into Parveen Whitehead’s driveway last Monday when builders began work on the mast.
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http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2048113_anger_after_phone_mast_ban_turns_up_a_day_late
March 30, 2009
Families are furious after a council blunder meant its ban on plans for a 10 metre phone mast arrived in the post at Vodafone one day too late under planning regulations.
The company has ploughed on with the project in Westdene Crescent in Caversham after Reading Borough Council failed to submit its refusal within the designated 56 days.
The letter, which council officials claim was posted in time, did not arrive until the 57th day, giving the mobile phone giant the green light for the controversial mast.
People living in the crescent believed they had successfully fought off the proposal when it was submitted in 2006, until paper plans for the positioning of the mast blew into Parveen Whitehead’s driveway last Monday when builders began work on the mast.
Read More...
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2048113_anger_after_phone_mast_ban_turns_up_a_day_late
rudkla - 30. Mär, 18:10
