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Tougher planning rules for new mobile phone masts could be introduced in Wales.

Campaigners have welcomed the move, but mobile phone operators claim that it could damage Wales' digital future.

At present, new masts under 15m (49ft) tall are automatically erected unless councils object to them within 56 days.

But a report by academics commissioned by the assembly government has recommended that all masts should be subject to full planning permission.

The siting of mobile phone masts has been a controversial issue in some areas over the past few years, with worries particularly over health and the impact on house prices and the local environment.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8188383.stm

By John Arendt - Summerland Review

Published: August 05, 2009 2:00 PM
Updated: August 05, 2009 2:26 PM

Tensions were high last week as residents opposed to a cellular telephone tower on Little Conkle Mountain spoke out at a public meeting last week.

The meeting, held on July 28, drew a full crowd in the basement of the library.

Paul Commandeur, one of the residents living near the tower location, said the electromagnetic emissions from the tower are unsafe.

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http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/summerlandreview/news/52545912.html

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1:14pm Wednesday 5th August 2009

QUARRY Bank councillors and residents are fuming after a mobile phone mast was put up on a High Street building without public consultation.

The mast has gone up on the town’s Conservative Club in the High Street, much to the annoyance of cllrs Bryan Cotterill and David Sparks and those living and working nearby.

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http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/local/4530307.Anger_as_phone_mast_goes_up_in_Quarry_Bank/

3:04pm Wednesday 5th August 2009

By Kevin Bradford

AN ONLINE campaign has been launched to muster further support in the battle against plans to install phone masts on a church in East Finchley.

A Facebook page, a forum and an e-petition have been set up by the East Finchley Village Residents Association (EFVRA) to highlight the level of opposition to the proposals by Holy Trinity Church, in Church Road, to place phone masts on the spire.

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http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/4530642.Online_campaign_starts_up_to_fight_church_phone_mast_plans/



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10:00 PM PDT on Monday, August 3, 2009

By JULISSA McKINNON

The Press-Enterprise

The Menifee City Council will consider extending a ban on any new cell phone towers and may put limits on the size of guest houses at today's meeting set for 7 p.m. at City Hall.

According to a city report, the proposed moratorium on cell phone towers would give the city a chance to tighten current standards governing tower aesthetics and their proximity to homes, schools and parks.

Another goal of the moratorium would be to give the city time to address the electromagnetic emissions and noise generated by the ground-based equipment that accompanies the towers, according to the report.

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http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_menifee04.454c6a8.html

Tuesday, August 04, 2009, 00:26

PROTESTORS claim planning laws may have been breached in relation to the approval of plans to build a mobile phone mast near four schools.

Campaigners battling against O2's plan top build at Wistaston, near Crewe, last night decided to send a four-page formal complaint to Cheshire East Council chief executive Erika Wenzel.

They were advised to take the step after presenting their concerns to the local government ombudsman.

Among their claims are that a petition with 300 signatures was ignored by planners, only a small number of residents were informed about the application and head teachers and governors of the nearby schools were not consulted, as required by legislation.

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http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Phone-mast-fury/article-1221849-detail/article.html

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Protest meeting in fight against phone mast

11:40, Aug 3 2009

by Dave Fox, Crewe Chronicle

RESIDENTS are being invited to a protest meeting tonight (Monday) to fight a council decision to approve an O2 mobile phone mast on the corner of Valley Road and Readesdale Avenue in Crewe.

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Crewe residents fighting O2 mobile phone mast plans take put their concerns to Cheshire East chief executive

Crewe Chronicle - Crewe, Cheshire, UK

CAMPAIGNERS fighting approved plans to build a mobile phone mast near four schools in Crewe are sending a four-page formal complaint to the chief executive ...

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Aug 3 2009 by Dave Fox, Crewe Chronicle

RESIDENTS are being invited to a protest meeting tonight (Monday) to fight a council decision to approve an O2 mobile phone mast on the corner of Valley Road and Readesdale Avenue in Crewe.

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http://tinyurl.com/m4bbtx

By RHONDA MARKBY - The Timaru Herald

A Timaru man unhappy about a cellphone tower being installed near his home is taking the Timaru District Council to the Environment Court.

At a hearing in August, Bruce Spiers will ask the court to rule that the district council incorrectly interpreted its own district plan when it allowed a cellphone tower to be installed in a residential area.

A 10-metre pole and equipment cabinet was installed on the grass median of Craigie Avenue early last year without public consultation.

Mr Spiers can see the tower from his kitchen window. He approached the council at the time it was installed but with no success.

He is now asking the Environment Court for a declaration relating to cellphone sites in all of the Timaru District's residential zones.

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/2684056/Man-takes-on-council-over


Informant: Martin Weatherall

Melton Today - Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, UK

By Ben Truslove

FRIDAY 7AM: Melton Council has officially backed a campaign to block a mobile phone mast and another is to be taken down. ...

http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/Council-backs-phone-mast-protestors.5505851.jp