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By Alex Galbinski

Residents who campaigned to stop a mobile phone company putting up an illegal' mast in Barnet are rejoicing after it agreed to put it elsewhere.

O2 had applied for planning permission to install a six- metre mast in Chesterfield Road, next to Stanhope Road Open Space, and started digging a hole in the ground earlier this month.

But residents who knew Barnet Council had turned down O2's request in July saying it would be visually intrusive', blockaded the area and refused to let the telecommunications company and its partners through to install the mast.

The company said it had not received notification of refusal and was building the mast according to local authority regulations, but the company agreed to stop work and filled in the hole on the same day.

Following a meeting between the two parties on Wednesday, a council spokesman said: "O2 agreed to look for an alternative and more appropriate site for the mast."

Chesterfield Road resident and protestor Cathy Mehta said: "We are absolutely delighted. We were very shocked to see workmen going ahead and putting up a mast when we received so many letters in protest and one from the council saying it wouldn't go ahead because it had rejected it."

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Nenagh Guardian - Nenagh, Ireland

A group lobbying against the erection of mobile phone masts are considering running a candidate in North Tipperary in next year's General Election. ...

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18 October 2006

UP until the beginning of this year I did not pay much attention to the campaign groups that are almost pandemic. However, the small community that I am part of became contaminated by a planning application issue I could not ignore.

This might sound a bit dramatic but currently the law allows a third party that does not even reside in your community to impose its will on you. In our case Orange intended to install another mobile mast outside Bedonwell School, and they had no requirement to justify application. On the other hand, Bedonwell School and our community had to justify why Orange could not install their mast. Government panning justice!

In our defence we formed Orange Squash, and became one of the pandemic of campaign groups. Within a short time we found several valid reasons why Orange could not obtain planning permission, two of which Orange must of known. However unless strong objection is raised during the planning period regarding these reasons Orange would obtain permission to install their mast, and of course if they are unsuccessful, Orange also have the opportunity of an appeal.

Our campaign against Orange was successful, but what was the cost? To our community there was the stress for nearly a year that an unwanted mobile mast would be a blotting the landscape, with it consequences. For the school there was the fear of the continue presence of an Orange mast with many parents considering removing their children from the school. And the hidden cost, as most campaign groups will tell you is the hours twenty of our community devoted to the campaign and we are indebted to them for that. Of the core six we recorded over 400 man-hours with a total expenditure over £800.

The cost is yet to rise as T-Mobile has now informed Orange Squash that it plans to install a mobile mast 10 meters from Oranges proposed site, which is even closer to the school.

Why another campaign? Because planning law requires it - and you could be the next to be infected.

For more information on Orange Squash, visit http://www.orangesquash.org.

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PLANS to put up a mobile phone mast just metres away from homes have been met with fierce opposition.

Service provider 02 wants to locate a 12.5-metre column with antennae, near Havelock Farm in Whittlesey Road, Stanground, Peterborough.
But people living in nearby Park Farm say they fear the mast could be a health hazard and will look ugly, and are angry about a lack of consultation on the matter.

Phil Gaunt (39), who lives in Houghton Avenue, has written to Peterborough City Council to complain about the proposed development.

He said: "The mast would be less than 50 yards from my back garden and I believe it would be an eyesore and a danger to the residents of Park Farm.

"Concerns have been raised about the long-term effects of constant bombardment by microwave radiation and the technology has not been proved to be safe."

Mr Gaunt claimed many people were unaware of the planned installation of a mobile phone mast and said the applicant should have made more of an effort to canvass local opinion.

Residents have contacted their local councillor Janet Wilkinson to voice their concerns and have written to the city council.

In July this year Mr Gaunt was threatened with court action for displaying a banner advertising a community website on the side of his home without planning permission. He is still trying to resolve that issue with planning officials.

"How can it be fine to erect a huge phone mast without permission, but not a small banner for a non-profit making community website?" he asked.

Government policy states that mobile phone masts under 15m do not require planning permission and local authorities are unable to object to them on health grounds.

Peterborough City Council is however seeking views on the plan and will pass on comments to the applicant.

Spokesman Mike Lennox said: "The O2 application was received on September 15 and initial letters to residents in nearby properties in Barham Close, Peckover Close and Havelock Drive were mailed on September 25 and a site notice was put up.

"Following a request from Councillor Janet Wilkinson, further letters were distributed to residents of properties up to 250 metres from the site and additional site notices were put up at the entrance to Framlingham Road and near the school.

"Normally, there is a 21-day opportunity for people to express comments but the decision in this case is not scheduled to be made until November 9."

Mr Lennox added: "Since this proposed mast is only 12.5 metres tall, it will have no more impact on the landscape than other "street furniture" such as lamp-posts and telephone posts."

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18 October 2006

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PLANS for a mobile phone mast close to a playgroup have been put on hold after continuing protests from worried parents.

As previously reported, parents are concerned about the potential health risks to children. They fear Drayton Playgroup will be forced to close if the mast went up on land next to Trinity Close because fewer parents will be willing to send their children there.

But despite planning approval from Cherwell District Council earlier this year, O2 has halted digging the foundations for the mast after meeting campaigner and mother Mary Jenvey on Tuesday.

Mrs Jenvey of Powys Grove, Banbury, said: "I have no idea why O2 had this change of heart but we are all delighted.

"They were very very helpful which we haven't experienced up until now."

She will meet representatives from the company again on November 6 when she will look at alternative sites with company representatives. "I have until then to try and come up with another site that's suitable," Mrs Jenvey said.

O2 community liaison officer Angela Johnson said: "If it is feasible to find another site then we will certainly look at moving the mast. We do try to work with local communities wherever possible and will try to find somewhere that is more acceptable to residents."

17 October 2006

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The minister Gidon Ezra: to bring the antennas closer to the children

Maariv 17.10.06

The minister of environment protection is working on changing the public perception on cellular antennas. "I meet mayors and I tell them that we must not remove antennas from population centers, the problem is that to say this today is real madness, they think I am crazy, but this is the truth and this is the right thing professionally. Putting the antennas at distance only causes more damage. In the ministry they claim that the media attack against the cellular antennas was wrong and exaggerated. In the heat of the public panic, the antennas are moved away from population centers, but in reality the radiation danger has only increased. The minister Gidon Ezra: "it is good for the children that on the roof of their school will be antenna, because they speak on the phone and the more the antenna is further away, the more they are hurt. I think that we need to make a revolution in this area and to explain that it is possible to put antennas but it must be by the law and according to the strictest standards of the ministry". http://www.nrg.co.il/online/35/ART1/492/523.html

Wimax: 15 mayors in Israel took a lawyer and created "the forum of the 15" in order to claim that they represent the public and they press on the minister of environment to deploy Wimax in Israel. The lawyer who is the executive of the "forum of the 15" said that it is untolerable that we don't have Wimax in Israel because we are in retard of two years after other countries, and an expert said that everyone who resists to Wimax has either economic or ideologic interests, but that the truth is that Wimax "is good for every israeli". (Yediot Ahronot of last weekend).

Cosmetics and Celullar:
12.10.06 (Maariv) Clarins cosmetics announced in Paris, that they had done 6 years of research on the electromagnetic radiation and found it causes damage to skin cells regeneration -causes 25% reduction of skin regeneration, dries the skin quickly, reduces the skin's protection from pollution. They said the study is going to be published in a scientific journal. Clarins invented a spray against the mobile phones effects(...), they claim their spray will also protect against air pollutin. the company representative said they help the cellular companies to sell products in safer and healthier way, and not doing demonization to the cell phones. The product will be released in January 2007.


Informant: Iris Atzmon

A STAND-OFF ended in victory for protesters on Monday as developers were forced to abandon work on a controversial phone mast.

Contractors from mobile company O2 arrived at Asfordby Road, Melton, to erect the structure but gave up after a dozen local residents staged an impromptu sit in.

The action group are now guarding the site in shifts to prevent any work while negotiations with the firm continue.

Mum Elanor Shaw was first to confront contractors at about 8.30am on Monday after she was alerted by a neighbour.

She said: "We think it's a small victory but at least they did move on. We're now going to keep a vehicle and a person on the site to make sure they don't come back in the meantime.

"A neighbour rang me in the morning to say two diggers were on the site so I thought I had better get up there. I asked the workmen if they were there for the mast and when they said yes I said 'well I'm staying here then'."

Mrs Shaw stayed on the site with her children Caitlin (2) and Louie (1) until her husband Paul arrived back from work and parked his van on the spot so no work could start.

The couple were then joined by other neighbours who also refused to move until the workmen were called off by O2 at about 12.30pm. Police attended the peaceful protest but did not intervene.

Residents of nearby Asfordby Road, Sysonby Grange Lane and Chetwynd Drive first got together in August after Melton Council's development committee approved the mast.

The action group say they were not given enough time to object and fear future research will reveal masts are dangerous to health.

They are considering applying for a judicial review of the decision after Melton Council admitted minor mistakes were made in the application process.

O2 representatives will now meet with Melton Council on Monday to try to resolve the dispute.

O2 Spokesman Angela Johnson said: "Naturally we're very disappointed because this mobile phone mast is urgently needed for coverage and capacity in the area.

"We are legally able to build it but we will talk to local planners and the local council to see if there is anything that can be done. We're not making any commitment because we have planning consent for this site but we are prepared to have initial negotiations."

Don Tempest, ward councillor for the area, said: "They have withdrawn their troops from the site and on Monday I would hope that we will be looking at re-siting it which is a move in the right direction."

Residents are now pressing to be able to have a say at Monday's crunch meeting. Resident Trevor Moncrief said: "We want to be at that meeting and I think there ought to be a public out cry if we're not there. At the end of the day it's a handful of well-meaning people against a giant company."

17 October 2006

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CONCERNED residents of Sheriff Hutton have won a battle in their year-long fight to have a controversial mobile phone mast shifted out of their village.

Ryedale District Council's policy and resources committee agreed the authority should fund the move - believed to cost in the region of £50,000 - because it was a council bungle that caused the problem.

Council officials sent their legal objections to phone giant Orange one day too late. The mast was duly built unopposed. However, it has never been switched on, and Sheriff Hutton residents have campaigned fiercely to get it relocated.

Now, at a council meeting, councillors have voted five to three to finance the cost of moving the mast - subject to it being "reasonable".

Campaigners said the vote was "a huge step forward", but the decision must still be backed by the entire council on November 9.

Coun Keith Knaggs told the meeting: "What value do we attach to our honesty and putting right our mistakes? We must pay the price to defend our reputation."

Coun John Clark went one step further. He said: "I am opposed to all masts because of the unknown threat to our health."

After the meeting, Sheriff Hutton resident and prominent campaigner Linda Murphy told The Press: "We are over the moon at this vote. The mast has really taken over our lives this last year. Councillors at the meeting said the council had betrayed our trust. Now I hope they will finally vote once and for all to make amends."

In July, The Press reported how Mrs Murphy invited councillors into her daughter's bedroom to see from the window how close the mast was to her Cornborough Road home.

She said: "Of course, it's not over yet. We are not popping the champagne corks, because a suitable place still has to be found and we don't want it in anyone else's backyard either - but this is a huge step forward. If we had sat back, and not campaigned so hard, the mast would be switched on by now. These protests have been driven by the strength of feeling in the community. It all shows that people power really does work. The next full council meeting will be crucial and, hopefully, as many people from Sheriff Hutton as possible will be there to see the mast overturned."

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A CONTROVERSIAL plan for a telecommunications mast to be installed in North Somercotes has been given the green light.

At an East Lindsey District Council planning meeting, district councillors voted nine to six to approve an application by O2 (UK) Ltd to put a 30 metre high mast with six antennae on a site off Warren Road.

The decision came despite opposition both from the parish council and from governors and the headteacher at the 250 pupil Church of England primary school.

Speaking against the application ward representative Coun Robert Palmer expressed fears emissions from the mast could pose long-term health hazards to children.

He recalled the risks may not yet be quantified - just as they had not been 40 years ago when, during his Army career, he was given 200 cigarettes a week.

He said: "At the time, it was thought cigarettes were good for you."

However Coun Bud Shields insisted there was no scientific evidence of any health risk. "It's all just scaremongering," he said.

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Coun Jenny Crooks suspected those who objected to the mast all themselves used mobile phones.

Coun Edward Mossop suggested it might be possible to find another location for the mast - possibly at Donna Nook.

Following the debate, chairman of the primary school governors David Paul expressed dismay at the decision.

He said: "It's very disappointing."

O2, who were represented at the meeting by Bhavesh Mistry, maintain a new mobile radio base station is required to improve the service for mobile phone users in the area.

13 October 2006

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