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Saturday, December 06, 2008, 08:34

A BUSY Exeter street could soon have three telephone masts within the space of 225m.

Phone company O2 already has permission to put up a structure in Barrack Road, just south of the bus stop on the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital side of the road.

And Vodafone has been given the go ahead on appeal for a mast 25m north of the O2 site.

Now, Orange wants to put up a third, 200m from the Vodafone site, on the same side of the road. All the masts will be about 40ft tall.

The phone companies have been looking for new sites because the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital has withdrawn permission for the masts on the roof of the pathology lab.

While Exeter City Council approved the O2 mast, planners objected to Vodafone's proposal, arguing it would add to the street clutter and detract from Barrack Road's appearance.

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Published Date: 05 December 2008

A RIPON primary school is fighting an application for a mobile phone mast just 60 metres from its playground, amid concerns over a possible danger to children's health.

Parents, teachers and governors at Greystone Community Primary School are opposing Vodafone's plan to place a 47ft high '3G' mast next to the entrance to Morrisons on Harrogate Road.

The closing date for objections is today, with the application due to be decided by the head of planning services at Harrogate Council on December 15, in consultation with the chairman of the council's planning committee.

Audrey Blackburn, chairman of governors at Greystone School, said: "Our greatest priority is our children and we can't afford to use them as guinea pigs until we find out that these things are positively harmful."

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http://www.ripongazette.co.uk/ripon/Ripon-school-fights-plan-to.4766504.jp



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by RICHARD CASTLE

MOBILE phone companies are trying to erect masts in Winshill - including one in a church spire - prompting health concerns over potentially harmful radiation.

Winshill's elevated position makes it prime pickings for mobile moguls and St Mark's Church and Abbot Beyne school have both been approached by unnamed phone companies.

Church elders will "probably not" allow the project to go ahead and PTA chiefs rejected a similar application two months ago.

After her church turned phone company bosses away 10 years ago, warden and Winshill resident Mary Mills says potential damage to the spire and bell tower make her sceptical.

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Published Date: 05 December 2008

By Carl Gavaghan

WHITBY Town councillors have given their grudging support to an application by Vodafone for a replacement mast at Whitby Town's Turnbull Ground.

While the councillors shared residents’ anxiety about the new mast and the health implications the planning committee said it could only make a decision based on planning regulations.

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http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Phone-mast-gets-backing.4762812.jp

4:30pm Thursday 4th December 2008

By Gavin Aitchison »

A CONTROVERSIAL mobile phone mast looks set to get the go-ahead in Haxby, despite more than 250 people objecting to the plans.

Vodafone wants to put the 40-foot (12.2 metres) mast in Oak Tree Lane, to improve its coverage for central and southern Haxby. It says the site chosen is the best available and says that if the mast were any lower, mobile phone users would get a worse signal.

But 233 residents have signed a petition saying they do not want the mast in their area and a further 23 individual objection letters have also been received.

Objections include claims that the mast will be visually intrusive, that it will reduce house prices in the area, that other phone companies may follow suit, and that if the mast is needed in Haxby, it should be placed in an area with fewer people nearby.

Vodafone was also accused of a lack of consultation, while Hemplands Primary School also objected to the plans.

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http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/3950336.Residents____fury_as_Haxby_phone_mast_plans_look_set_to_get_go_ahead/

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REBECCA GOUGH

03 December 2008 17:00

A campaign to prevent a phone mast being put up has ended in yet another victory for a Norwich community.

Families in Earlham were urged to oppose the application by phone giant O2 for a mast at the front of Earlham Police Station.

Previous plans for a mast on the Earlham Road site have been repeatedly refused but the company applied to put a 12.5m slimline street works column with three antennae on the highway verge adjoining the station.

Following the latest application, thousand of leaflets were sent out to the community by campaigners urging them to write in objection to the appearance of the mast and its unsuitable position.

As a result, Norwich City Council's planning inspectors declined the application. A council spokesman said today: “The decision was made taking into consideration previous historical decisions on the site for telecoms applications.”

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