Phone mast condemned as an 'eyesore'
Published Date: 29 April 2009
By Andrew Raeburn
A GROUP of angry Willingdon residents have criticised a phone mast built near their homes as an 'eyesore'.
Mobile phone firm Orange was given the go-ahead to put up the mast on Willingdon Road by a government planning inspector – despite two local councils refusing to give it permission.
Both Wealden District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council turned down the mast but Orange won an appeal last October.
Residents of nearby Shortlands Close, who can see the telegraph pole-style mast from their homes, said they were stunned when it appeared over the Easter weekend.
Sharon Smith-Taylor said, "I just feel they should have informed us it was going up. It's an eyesore. We had a lovely view of the Downs but now we look out of our windows and we've got this mast.
"We're disappointed that after all the effort we put in to get it stopped has not really been listened to."
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http://www.bexhillobserver.net/eastbourne-news/Phone-mast-condemned-as-an.5217309.jp
By Andrew Raeburn
A GROUP of angry Willingdon residents have criticised a phone mast built near their homes as an 'eyesore'.
Mobile phone firm Orange was given the go-ahead to put up the mast on Willingdon Road by a government planning inspector – despite two local councils refusing to give it permission.
Both Wealden District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council turned down the mast but Orange won an appeal last October.
Residents of nearby Shortlands Close, who can see the telegraph pole-style mast from their homes, said they were stunned when it appeared over the Easter weekend.
Sharon Smith-Taylor said, "I just feel they should have informed us it was going up. It's an eyesore. We had a lovely view of the Downs but now we look out of our windows and we've got this mast.
"We're disappointed that after all the effort we put in to get it stopped has not really been listened to."
Read More...
http://www.bexhillobserver.net/eastbourne-news/Phone-mast-condemned-as-an.5217309.jp
rudkla - 29. Apr, 13:06
