Knaresborough Today

OUTRAGED residents say they are appalled at a decision announced yesterday which will allow the installation of a mobile phone transmitter just yards from three Harrogate schools.

Protesters who fought tooth and nail to stop the 85ft T-Mobile mast being built say they have been let down and ignored after High Court approval was upheld by the national Planning Inspectorate.

Campaigner, Paula Brooks, said she couldn’t believe the company was prepared to gamble on the health of young children.

“I’m devastated,” she said. ”The people in a community are not listened to.”

Cabinet Member for Planning, Coun Richard Cooper said: “The Planning Inspector has let down Harrogate Borough Council by not supporting our decision to refuse planning permission. He has also has let down residents living nearby and children at the schools. I have asked Council Officers to see if there is any other way in which we can fight this proposal as the landowner.”

l Full update next Friday.

17 June 2005