Next-up News n°124
rudkla - 9. Nov, 13:46
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Donnerstag, 9. November 2006
Mittwoch, 8. November 2006
Mobile phone giant's new mast plan
People are preparing to go back into battle with a mobile phone giant which wants to build a giant mast near their homes.
Vodafone has resubmitted plans to put a 20 metre-high mast on land close to the RSPCA animal shelter on Longridge Road in Ribbleton, Preston.
Council planners threw out Vodafone's original plans earlier this year. But the company claims it has changed the proposals from those dismissed in May because of the visual impact it would have had on nearby Grange Park.
However, people living close to the RSPCA shelter say they see very little different with the application and have the same concerns they raised seven months ago.
Martin Teeling, 46, who lives on nearby Acer Road in Ribbleton, said he would have concerns about the impact on the health of his daughters, Niamh, six, and Roisin, four.
He has now drafted an objection letter which he intends to deliver to local people and lobby members of the council's planning committee to vote against the plans.
Coun Brian Rollo, who represents the Ribbleton ward, sat on the planning committee which rejected Vodafone's last application after a wave of protest, including a 225 signature petition.
He said: "The feeling back then was that it would spoil the view of people looking over Grange Park, which is a nationally-recognised green space, and having looked at these new plans, I do not see anything particularly different about them."
A spokesman for Vodafone said it had worked with planners at Preston Council following the previous rejected application and agreed to replace the solid monopole with a more slim-line model in this application.
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Vodafone has resubmitted plans to put a 20 metre-high mast on land close to the RSPCA animal shelter on Longridge Road in Ribbleton, Preston.
Council planners threw out Vodafone's original plans earlier this year. But the company claims it has changed the proposals from those dismissed in May because of the visual impact it would have had on nearby Grange Park.
However, people living close to the RSPCA shelter say they see very little different with the application and have the same concerns they raised seven months ago.
Martin Teeling, 46, who lives on nearby Acer Road in Ribbleton, said he would have concerns about the impact on the health of his daughters, Niamh, six, and Roisin, four.
He has now drafted an objection letter which he intends to deliver to local people and lobby members of the council's planning committee to vote against the plans.
Coun Brian Rollo, who represents the Ribbleton ward, sat on the planning committee which rejected Vodafone's last application after a wave of protest, including a 225 signature petition.
He said: "The feeling back then was that it would spoil the view of people looking over Grange Park, which is a nationally-recognised green space, and having looked at these new plans, I do not see anything particularly different about them."
A spokesman for Vodafone said it had worked with planners at Preston Council following the previous rejected application and agreed to replace the solid monopole with a more slim-line model in this application.
Do you think mobile phone masts are a health danger? Vote now in the poll on our homepage.
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08 November 2006
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rudkla - 8. Nov, 13:13
Dienstag, 7. November 2006
Another “Rossport” type stand-off to halt the erection of a mobile phone mast?
Another Rossport?
An activist group in South County Dublin has threatened to create another “Rossport” type stand-off to halt the erection of a mobile phone mast in their community.
An Bord Pleanála last week ruled that the mast at Shankill Garda Station would constitute an exempted development and has granted permission for it to go ahead.
The decision was made in response to a Section 5 declaration by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council seeking clarification on whether the re-erection of the mast could be considered an exempted development.
In contrast, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council upheld a complaint by Dalkey residents in declaring that alterations to the telecommunications mast located at the Garda station there is not an exempted development under the planning laws.
In this case the council ruled that the erection of a mast would interfere with the protected structure of the Garda station.
For the last nine months residents have prevented Vilicom - telecommunications consultants for the Office of Public Works - from erecting the mast at Shankill.
About 60 similar sites are utilised under a deal with telecoms companies to establish mobile communications masts on Garda stations. But the OPW says it has about 400 sites available.
It is believed that the Government receives millions of euros from mobile phone companies from the lease of their buildings to accommodate mobile masts.
Hundreds of locals took part in three marches to protest against the erection of the mast and the health fears associated with it this year. More wrote letters of protest to Dún Laoghaire TDs Fiona O’Malley (PD), Barry Andrews (FF) and Education Minister Mary Hanafin (FF), asking them to intervene.
In a strongly worded statement last week, Shankill Community Against Radiation (SCAR) blasted local Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats TDs and threatened that locals would hit them where it hurts – at the ballot box - in the next general election.
The group also vowed that the site would remain blocked to Vilicom despite the An Bord Pleanála ruling.
“Any attempt by the OPW or Vilicom, their agents, to access the site will be vigorously resisted,” the statement reads. “And if the Governments want another Rossport scenario on their hands six months before an election then so be it.
“The PDs and Fianna Fáil need to decide if they will now start to support the Shankill community or if developers and big business, like phone companies, are more important. The decision is theirs. The people will give their verdict next May.”
It adds: “The people of Shankill are fed up getting second class treatment from the Government, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and from some of their public representatives. We will no longer tolerate it.”
The residents pointed to a recent successful campaign against a mast on a school in Terenure.
“The health and safety of the people of Shankill is obviously not as important as the health and safety of the people of Dalkey and Terenure,” the statement continues.
“The three Government TDs - Fiona O’Malley, Barry Andrews and Minister Mary Hanafin - now have to stand up and be counted.”
Earlier this year Minister Hanafin said in the Dáil that the situation would have to be reviewed if the mast was erected within 240 metres of nearby Scoil Mhuire.
Local Fine Gael councillor and general election candidate, John Bailey, last week called on the Government to change the law to ensure that the erection of mobile phone masts are not exempted developments under planning legislation.
“It is time for anomalies in legislation, which allow for the installation of commercial masts without planning permission, to be removed,” he said.
“It is clear that this Government lacks the will and the vision to examine and change such legislation.”
Dún Laoghaire TD (FF) Barry Andrews said: “I have worked very closely with the local community on this and on other issues and would fully intend to work with them in the future.
“What they do with their votes is their own matter and in a democracy they can do whatever they like. However, I am not going to change the way I work with the community on the basis of threats or inducements.”
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An activist group in South County Dublin has threatened to create another “Rossport” type stand-off to halt the erection of a mobile phone mast in their community.
An Bord Pleanála last week ruled that the mast at Shankill Garda Station would constitute an exempted development and has granted permission for it to go ahead.
The decision was made in response to a Section 5 declaration by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council seeking clarification on whether the re-erection of the mast could be considered an exempted development.
In contrast, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council upheld a complaint by Dalkey residents in declaring that alterations to the telecommunications mast located at the Garda station there is not an exempted development under the planning laws.
In this case the council ruled that the erection of a mast would interfere with the protected structure of the Garda station.
For the last nine months residents have prevented Vilicom - telecommunications consultants for the Office of Public Works - from erecting the mast at Shankill.
About 60 similar sites are utilised under a deal with telecoms companies to establish mobile communications masts on Garda stations. But the OPW says it has about 400 sites available.
It is believed that the Government receives millions of euros from mobile phone companies from the lease of their buildings to accommodate mobile masts.
Hundreds of locals took part in three marches to protest against the erection of the mast and the health fears associated with it this year. More wrote letters of protest to Dún Laoghaire TDs Fiona O’Malley (PD), Barry Andrews (FF) and Education Minister Mary Hanafin (FF), asking them to intervene.
In a strongly worded statement last week, Shankill Community Against Radiation (SCAR) blasted local Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats TDs and threatened that locals would hit them where it hurts – at the ballot box - in the next general election.
The group also vowed that the site would remain blocked to Vilicom despite the An Bord Pleanála ruling.
“Any attempt by the OPW or Vilicom, their agents, to access the site will be vigorously resisted,” the statement reads. “And if the Governments want another Rossport scenario on their hands six months before an election then so be it.
“The PDs and Fianna Fáil need to decide if they will now start to support the Shankill community or if developers and big business, like phone companies, are more important. The decision is theirs. The people will give their verdict next May.”
It adds: “The people of Shankill are fed up getting second class treatment from the Government, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and from some of their public representatives. We will no longer tolerate it.”
The residents pointed to a recent successful campaign against a mast on a school in Terenure.
“The health and safety of the people of Shankill is obviously not as important as the health and safety of the people of Dalkey and Terenure,” the statement continues.
“The three Government TDs - Fiona O’Malley, Barry Andrews and Minister Mary Hanafin - now have to stand up and be counted.”
Earlier this year Minister Hanafin said in the Dáil that the situation would have to be reviewed if the mast was erected within 240 metres of nearby Scoil Mhuire.
Local Fine Gael councillor and general election candidate, John Bailey, last week called on the Government to change the law to ensure that the erection of mobile phone masts are not exempted developments under planning legislation.
“It is time for anomalies in legislation, which allow for the installation of commercial masts without planning permission, to be removed,” he said.
“It is clear that this Government lacks the will and the vision to examine and change such legislation.”
Dún Laoghaire TD (FF) Barry Andrews said: “I have worked very closely with the local community on this and on other issues and would fully intend to work with them in the future.
“What they do with their votes is their own matter and in a democracy they can do whatever they like. However, I am not going to change the way I work with the community on the basis of threats or inducements.”
http://www.dublinpeople.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1870&Itemid=49
rudkla - 7. Nov, 23:08
Residents protest against mast plan
Nov 8 2006
CAMPAIGNING residents have stepped up their fight to stop a church in Shirley being used as a mobile phone mast.
Around a dozen protested outside All Saints' Church of England Church on Sunday morning as the Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Rev Thomas Butler, visited for its 50th anniversary.
And a hastily-convened public rally in the Baptist Hall on Wickham Road last Friday was attended by Croydon Central MP Andrew Pelling and ward councillors Mike Fisher and Richard Chatterjee.
Farm Drive resident Peter Howard said: "All but one of the 60 or so people attending were against the proposal, as were the local politicians."
The plan is for six antennae inside the Grade IIlisted building's bell tower, to boost Vodafone's coverage across a radius of around a mile.
The transmitters would face different directions for 360-degree coverage and would be installed in pairs. One would be for voice calls and another for so-called "3G" services such as video and picture messaging.
Both the Church of England's telecommunications installer QS4 and Vodafone insist there is no health risk.
They also say that the installation would not be visible from ground level.
The application, which will be ruled on later this month by Croydon Council, is an amended version of another turned down last year.
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CAMPAIGNING residents have stepped up their fight to stop a church in Shirley being used as a mobile phone mast.
Around a dozen protested outside All Saints' Church of England Church on Sunday morning as the Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Rev Thomas Butler, visited for its 50th anniversary.
And a hastily-convened public rally in the Baptist Hall on Wickham Road last Friday was attended by Croydon Central MP Andrew Pelling and ward councillors Mike Fisher and Richard Chatterjee.
Farm Drive resident Peter Howard said: "All but one of the 60 or so people attending were against the proposal, as were the local politicians."
The plan is for six antennae inside the Grade IIlisted building's bell tower, to boost Vodafone's coverage across a radius of around a mile.
The transmitters would face different directions for 360-degree coverage and would be installed in pairs. One would be for voice calls and another for so-called "3G" services such as video and picture messaging.
Both the Church of England's telecommunications installer QS4 and Vodafone insist there is no health risk.
They also say that the installation would not be visible from ground level.
The application, which will be ruled on later this month by Croydon Council, is an amended version of another turned down last year.
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rudkla - 7. Nov, 18:37
Preparing for third fight to stop mast
PETER WALSH
07 November 2006 13:55
It could be a case of third time unlucky for families living on a city estate who have twice won victories against a mobile phone mast - only to face the uncertainty of an appeal.
Telecommunications giant O2 is contesting Broadland District Council's decision to reject plans for a 12.5metre mast in Dussindale Drive, Thorpe St Andrew.
Planning chiefs told the company back in July the site would be an eyesore and said they should consider sharing another site as there was already a 10 metre mast, operated by Orange, opposite the proposed site.
Initial plans for a mast on a plot of land at Vane Close, off Dussindale Drive, were withdrawn by O2 in March after it emerged it would be right next to the £4m primary school being built there.
Michelle Dickerson, 31, a mum of two who lives in nearby Association Way, headed the campaign against the mast on Dussindale Drive and is furious an appeal has been lodged.
“We had a letter come through last week saying they were going to appeal it,” she said. “I am angry about it but did expect that they might - O2 seem to be quite persistent in trying to get a mast through. It's obvious they are going to put a mast up here somewhere, but it just has to be somewhere everyone is happy with it.
“There's no proof that the masts are harmful or not. However my family are standing up for what it said in the Stewart report that they should not be near homes or schools until it is proven that they are safe.”
Mrs Dickerson, who lives with her husband Stuart, said it is not just the health fears which concern her or her family - but the visual intrusion of the structure.
“I have taken pictures of where the existing mast is and where the proposed O2 mast will be,” she said. “Four rooms will be looking out onto this intrusion. These two front bedrooms are being used by my four-year-old and 16-month-old. How can O2 say it is acceptable with regard to residential amenity?
“The Orange mast only got put there because it was put in before the houses were built. We had no say on that one, however, we do have a say on this one. Placing the mast on the opposite side of this one will give the appearance of rugby posts.”
The Evening News has fought against the installation of mobile phone masts near homes and schools until it is proved they are safe through our Put Masts on Hold campaign.
As the Evening News reported last week families living in Dussindale are fighting another mast application by 3, formerly Hutchinson 3G, for a 22.5metre mast on land near to the Fitzmaurice Pavilion at Pound Lane, Thorpe St Andrew.
More than 100 people turned up to object to plans for that mast at a meeting at the Dussindale Community Centre on Monday, October 30.
# Are you battling a mobile phone mast application where you live? Telephone Evening News reporter Peter Walsh on (01603) 772439 or email peter.walsh@archant.co.uk
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07 November 2006 13:55
It could be a case of third time unlucky for families living on a city estate who have twice won victories against a mobile phone mast - only to face the uncertainty of an appeal.
Telecommunications giant O2 is contesting Broadland District Council's decision to reject plans for a 12.5metre mast in Dussindale Drive, Thorpe St Andrew.
Planning chiefs told the company back in July the site would be an eyesore and said they should consider sharing another site as there was already a 10 metre mast, operated by Orange, opposite the proposed site.
Initial plans for a mast on a plot of land at Vane Close, off Dussindale Drive, were withdrawn by O2 in March after it emerged it would be right next to the £4m primary school being built there.
Michelle Dickerson, 31, a mum of two who lives in nearby Association Way, headed the campaign against the mast on Dussindale Drive and is furious an appeal has been lodged.
“We had a letter come through last week saying they were going to appeal it,” she said. “I am angry about it but did expect that they might - O2 seem to be quite persistent in trying to get a mast through. It's obvious they are going to put a mast up here somewhere, but it just has to be somewhere everyone is happy with it.
“There's no proof that the masts are harmful or not. However my family are standing up for what it said in the Stewart report that they should not be near homes or schools until it is proven that they are safe.”
Mrs Dickerson, who lives with her husband Stuart, said it is not just the health fears which concern her or her family - but the visual intrusion of the structure.
“I have taken pictures of where the existing mast is and where the proposed O2 mast will be,” she said. “Four rooms will be looking out onto this intrusion. These two front bedrooms are being used by my four-year-old and 16-month-old. How can O2 say it is acceptable with regard to residential amenity?
“The Orange mast only got put there because it was put in before the houses were built. We had no say on that one, however, we do have a say on this one. Placing the mast on the opposite side of this one will give the appearance of rugby posts.”
The Evening News has fought against the installation of mobile phone masts near homes and schools until it is proved they are safe through our Put Masts on Hold campaign.
As the Evening News reported last week families living in Dussindale are fighting another mast application by 3, formerly Hutchinson 3G, for a 22.5metre mast on land near to the Fitzmaurice Pavilion at Pound Lane, Thorpe St Andrew.
More than 100 people turned up to object to plans for that mast at a meeting at the Dussindale Community Centre on Monday, October 30.
# Are you battling a mobile phone mast application where you live? Telephone Evening News reporter Peter Walsh on (01603) 772439 or email peter.walsh@archant.co.uk
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rudkla - 7. Nov, 15:42
Montag, 6. November 2006
Go-ahead for phone mast near school
By Rob Devey
A MOBILE phone mast will be erected just 200 yards from a Bolton school after councillors said their hands were tied by planning guidelines.
Governors at the 330-pupil Church Road Primary School had objected to the 45 ft high O2 mast proposed for the junction of Moss Bank Way and Captain's Clough Road in Smithills.
Objectors were concerned about possible health effects and also the impact on bats and owls found in the area. continued...
Residents also claimed the structure would be an eyesore.
Joesph Crook, vice-chairman of the Church Road school governors, told Bolton Council's planning and highways committee: "The radiation emitted could be dangerous for our children, who are aged between three and 12.
"We can't identify any possible advantage to them. The Stewart Report commissioned by the Government says masts should not be near to schools."
Cllr Roger Hayes also called for the application to be rejected, saying the mast appeared to be of "low importance to the network".
He said that while Government guidelines meant health grounds could not be used to justify refusing the plan, members should reject it because of the mast's visual impact.
But Cllr Laurie Williamson said the council would be likely to lose an appeal.
"The bottom line view of the Government is that there are no appreciable or definable health risks from masts," he said.
"If they can't put a mast here, where can they put it?"
Councillors voted 13-5 in favour of the mast, leaving Mr Crook "disturbed" by the decision.
"I have tested the reception on an O2 phone in the area and it seems fine," he said.
"We're very disappointed. Above all, we're thinking of our children."
O2 spokesman Tom Powell said the application had met guidelines on emissions and was accompanied by an International Commission on No-Ionizing Radiation Protection certificate.
Mr Powell said the mast was needed to boost network coverage in the area.
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A MOBILE phone mast will be erected just 200 yards from a Bolton school after councillors said their hands were tied by planning guidelines.
Governors at the 330-pupil Church Road Primary School had objected to the 45 ft high O2 mast proposed for the junction of Moss Bank Way and Captain's Clough Road in Smithills.
Objectors were concerned about possible health effects and also the impact on bats and owls found in the area. continued...
Residents also claimed the structure would be an eyesore.
Joesph Crook, vice-chairman of the Church Road school governors, told Bolton Council's planning and highways committee: "The radiation emitted could be dangerous for our children, who are aged between three and 12.
"We can't identify any possible advantage to them. The Stewart Report commissioned by the Government says masts should not be near to schools."
Cllr Roger Hayes also called for the application to be rejected, saying the mast appeared to be of "low importance to the network".
He said that while Government guidelines meant health grounds could not be used to justify refusing the plan, members should reject it because of the mast's visual impact.
But Cllr Laurie Williamson said the council would be likely to lose an appeal.
"The bottom line view of the Government is that there are no appreciable or definable health risks from masts," he said.
"If they can't put a mast here, where can they put it?"
Councillors voted 13-5 in favour of the mast, leaving Mr Crook "disturbed" by the decision.
"I have tested the reception on an O2 phone in the area and it seems fine," he said.
"We're very disappointed. Above all, we're thinking of our children."
O2 spokesman Tom Powell said the application had met guidelines on emissions and was accompanied by an International Commission on No-Ionizing Radiation Protection certificate.
Mr Powell said the mast was needed to boost network coverage in the area.
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rudkla - 6. Nov, 13:34
Freitag, 3. November 2006
Mobilfunkantennen: Schule von Boykott bedroht
rudkla - 3. Nov, 22:46
Mobile mast row
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03 November 2006
FURIOUS residents have barred access to the roof to their block of flats after workers tried to install mobile phone masts that Hackney Council had already rejected.
Mobile phone giants O2 were refused permission to put up six antennae at Union Wharf in Wenlock Road, Hoxton, but their sub-contractors were caught red-handed trying to start building work a few weeks ago.
Residents are outraged, claiming that O2 are behaving disgracefully, and have padlocked access to the roof to make sure workers cannot sneak back in.
Ann Major-Stevenson, 45, who owns a flat in the block, slammed the company, saying: "I find the underhanded way big businesses have of going about railroading communities for the sake of profit to be immoral and unethical."
The mobile phone company hit back, saying that the council had failed to notify its refusal on time.
Spokesman James Stevenson said: "The council did refuse, but after the permitted 56 days had ended.
A council spokeswoman rejected his claims. "Hackney Council considers that the application was refused within the correct time frame," she said.
"Complaints have been lodged and the planning enforcement team is investigating."
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03 November 2006
FURIOUS residents have barred access to the roof to their block of flats after workers tried to install mobile phone masts that Hackney Council had already rejected.
Mobile phone giants O2 were refused permission to put up six antennae at Union Wharf in Wenlock Road, Hoxton, but their sub-contractors were caught red-handed trying to start building work a few weeks ago.
Residents are outraged, claiming that O2 are behaving disgracefully, and have padlocked access to the roof to make sure workers cannot sneak back in.
Ann Major-Stevenson, 45, who owns a flat in the block, slammed the company, saying: "I find the underhanded way big businesses have of going about railroading communities for the sake of profit to be immoral and unethical."
The mobile phone company hit back, saying that the council had failed to notify its refusal on time.
Spokesman James Stevenson said: "The council did refuse, but after the permitted 56 days had ended.
A council spokeswoman rejected his claims. "Hackney Council considers that the application was refused within the correct time frame," she said.
"Complaints have been lodged and the planning enforcement team is investigating."
FOR THE FULL STORY SEE THIS WEEK'S GAZETTE AVAILABLE NOW.
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rudkla - 3. Nov, 17:44
