Protesters are celebrating after plans for a phone mast just yards from a nursery school were booted out by planners.

Protesters are celebrating after plans for a phone mast just yards from a nursery school were booted out by planners.

Residents were furious when they discovered phone giant Hutchison 3G wanted to put up a 12.5m mast on Stubley Lane, Dronfield.
Over 70 people objected to the proposal when it went before NE Derbyshire District Council planners on Tuesday, claiming it could affect their health.

But the scheme was kicked out because it was 'visually intrusive in a prominent location'.

Resident Penny Collinson (41), said: "We are ecstatic. The proposed mast was in the very heart of the community and it shouldn't be in a residential area because there are children living right in its shadow."

Hutchison claimed there was a need for 3G coverage to give people access to video technology, saying scientific evidence had shown radiowave exposure from a base station was 1,000 times less than from a mobile phone.

13 October 2005

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