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Ian Davies and other concerned Bluebell Close residents.
Ian Davies and other concerned Bluebell Close residents.

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Residents’ anger at second phone mast

Ben Turner
3/ 9/2008

ANGRY Tytherington residents are bracing themselves for a second new phone mast near their homes in as many years.

Vodafone follow T-Mobile in planning a mobile phone "base station" on Manchester Road, a short distance from Marlborough primary and Tytherington high schools.

Families on nearby Bluebell Close say the location – 100 metres from the existing mast – is inappropriate. They have also called for the masts to be combined, if the council again fails to object, only to be told that the resulting mast would be too bulky and intrusive as it would require an additional antenna.

Ian Davies, 53, of Bluebell Close, said: "This one’s going to be 50 metres from my back door. I came back from a holiday in the sun last year to find a new mast near my house, and I got back this year to hear the same."

Neighbour Carolyn Griffiths, a retired teacher and mother-of-two, said: "We are in a tree preservation area and the council is trying to make the environment better around here, and then they are allowing all these poles."

Tytherington councillor James Nicholas said: "I sympathise with residents’ concerns but we all use mobile phones. This location isn’t perfect, but it is out of the way."

A Vodafone spokesman said: "There is a T-Mobile site about 100 metres away, but it would be too big and bulky to combine them. We require a new base station to improve the 3G coverage for our customers in the area. This site is well-suited as it offers a backdrop of trees and street furniture."

Any "exposure" from the mast would be hundreds if not thousands of times lower than latest international guidelines, he added. A council spokesman confirmed that planning permission was not needed.

"We are looking at the details at the moment and we can make suggestions about improvements and moving it if required," he said.


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Most recent 2 of 23 user comments

   macc forum. Start reading THE TRUTH SEEKER then you would not believe government statistics(lies) any more, of course there is a cover up where big money is threatened to be stopped for all the fat cats (government coffers included) You only have to look at the scandal on alternative medicines, (plants and herbs) that the government are trying to ban now.To realise the public are being conned all the time. People where i live have cured thenselves of cancer with just plants. Even bicarbonate of soda kills cancer, everyone has that in there cupboards. It just depends on if you are a sheep who beieves everything the government throws at you or not. To my mind i prefer to do my own investigations and make my own mind up rather than be brainwashed by government agencies. High voltage electricity and radiation from overloaded phone masts. Do cause illness and not just cancer, they affect the natural balance of the human electricity in the body which we all have.
mogangirl,
22/09/2008 at 15:22
   At the end of the day its the way the cookie crumbles- stop moaning Ian Davies and Co and crack on!
The Satisfied Customer,
12/09/2008 at 23:07
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