CONCERN AT BID FOR MAST IN WILNECOTE
ELLIE PIOVESANA
Tamworth Herald
10:30 - 08 September 2005
Worried Wilnecote residents fighting plans for a 25 metre phone mast near their homes were expecting a decision to be made last night (Wednesday).
Planning officers who recommended a refusal of the T Mobile mast at last month's meeting, now say the application meets planning legislation.
But the final say rested with committee members who have recently rejected several masts because they would be too close to homes.
Angry Sarah Swegsda of Curlew, Wilnecote, feels she has been kept in the dark over the plans.
"I'm absolutely fuming," she told the Herald.
"I only heard about this from a neighbour. Not everyone has received a letter about this."
T Mobile are requesting permission to erect a 25 metre mast next to electricity pylons on the Tamworth Grid Substation, Stonydelph Lane.
The site is near to Wilnecote residents - especially those in Curlew - as well as the Happy Tots day Nursery.
Planning guidance states that masts should not be sited within 100 metres of residential properties.
But a report released this week said the nursery falls just outside the 100 metre buffer and the mast is unlikely to have any impact on residents.
Mrs Swegsda spent Tuesday night handing out leaflets to parents outside Happy Tots Day Nursery in a bid to drum up some last minute support.
"I do not want to put my children's lives at risk and I do not want a mast outside my house," she added.
A petition containing nearly 80 signatures has been handed in to the council. Residents who spoke at last night's meeting were told they were not allowed to object on health grounds.
Tamworth Herald
10:30 - 08 September 2005
Worried Wilnecote residents fighting plans for a 25 metre phone mast near their homes were expecting a decision to be made last night (Wednesday).
Planning officers who recommended a refusal of the T Mobile mast at last month's meeting, now say the application meets planning legislation.
But the final say rested with committee members who have recently rejected several masts because they would be too close to homes.
Angry Sarah Swegsda of Curlew, Wilnecote, feels she has been kept in the dark over the plans.
"I'm absolutely fuming," she told the Herald.
"I only heard about this from a neighbour. Not everyone has received a letter about this."
T Mobile are requesting permission to erect a 25 metre mast next to electricity pylons on the Tamworth Grid Substation, Stonydelph Lane.
The site is near to Wilnecote residents - especially those in Curlew - as well as the Happy Tots day Nursery.
Planning guidance states that masts should not be sited within 100 metres of residential properties.
But a report released this week said the nursery falls just outside the 100 metre buffer and the mast is unlikely to have any impact on residents.
Mrs Swegsda spent Tuesday night handing out leaflets to parents outside Happy Tots Day Nursery in a bid to drum up some last minute support.
"I do not want to put my children's lives at risk and I do not want a mast outside my house," she added.
A petition containing nearly 80 signatures has been handed in to the council. Residents who spoke at last night's meeting were told they were not allowed to object on health grounds.
Starmail - 9. Sep, 17:42
