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Victory for phone mast campaigners
JUBILANT residents
have scored a major victory
in their campaign
to pull the plug on a
plan to put a phone mast
near their homes.
As reported by the Daily Echo, a
move by Vodafone to put a 14m
mast on a green near the busy
Bournemouth Road and Leigh
Road junction in Chandler's Ford
caused a storm of protest.
But now the mast plan has been
crushed after councillors unanimously
rejected the application.
Residents, pictured, launched
their campaign a year ago when
they spotted a notice about the
proposed mast on a lamppost.
The proximity of the proposed
mast to homes sparked worries
over health implications. It would
have also been near a filling station
where mobile phone users
are asked not to use their phones
while filling their tanks.
Residents wanted to know
where maintenance vehicles,
called to check the mast, would
park at the busy traffic lights.
Eastleigh councillors had considered
a report from planning
officer Clare Martin who said
that the excessive height of the
mast would have had an overbearing
effect not only on the
street scene but within the wider
locality.
The controversial planning
application had been referred to
the local area committee for a full
debate following a move by
Councillor Godfrey Olson.
After the meeting he said: "I am
very pleased that it was refused.
It was the most inappropriate
place to have a mast at a busy
junction where there is already a
great deal of street furniture.
"Together with all the boxes
that are needed for the mast it
would have been an absolute eyesore."
A Vodafone spokesman said:
"We will undertake a thorough
review of the decision notice
from the local authority before
taking any decision on whether
we will appeal or look for a new
site.
"There is still a need to improve
the 3G coverage for our customers
in the surrounding area."
10:54am Saturday 23rd February 2008
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CommentPosted by: O2, Romsey on 11:05am Sat 23 Feb 08
Ludites
Posted by: Adrian Smith on 11:53am Sat 23 Feb 08
I thought masts of this type were permitted development? Is it a few metres too high?
And this makes me laugh:-
"Residents wanted to know where maintenance vehicles, called to check the mast, would park at the busy traffic lights."
Presumably the same place that the traffic light maintenance vehicles park when they replace faulty light bulbs.
I thought masts of this type were permitted development? Is it a few metres too high?
And this makes me laugh:-
"Residents wanted to know where maintenance vehicles, called to check the mast, would park at the busy traffic lights."
Presumably the same place that the traffic light maintenance vehicles park when they replace faulty light bulbs.
Posted by: Denzil, Romsey on 12:04pm Sat 23 Feb 08
This is a disgrace, I bet every single one of those planks has a mobile in their pocket. These peoople disgust me.
This is a disgrace, I bet every single one of those planks has a mobile in their pocket. These peoople disgust me.
Posted by: Ian, Turkey on 2:59pm Sat 23 Feb 08
I assume then these people do not have phones, or if they do, they are hypocritical in using them knowing the masts are outside somebody elses house.
I assume then these people do not have phones, or if they do, they are hypocritical in using them knowing the masts are outside somebody elses house.
Posted by: paul b on 3:41pm Sat 23 Feb 08
[quote][bold]Denzil[/bold] wrote:
This is a disgrace, I bet every single one of those planks has a mobile in their pocket. These peoople disgust me.[/quote] Exactly, if we had lots more masts they would all be lower power, however thanks to the stupid short sighted nimby we have only a few high powered ones.
Great job guys
Denzil wrote:
This is a disgrace, I bet every single one of those planks has a mobile in their pocket. These peoople disgust me.
Exactly, if we had lots more masts they would all be lower power, however thanks to the stupid short sighted nimby we have only a few high powered ones.
Great job guys
Posted by: Derek, Dibden Purlieu on 6:42pm Sat 23 Feb 08
I can't seem to get a signal!!!
I can't seem to get a signal!!!
Posted by: toby the toilet chain on 1:32am Sun 24 Feb 08
oh know! I think we have 2 nimbys in force now, paul b and denzil. jesus help me.
oh know! I think we have 2 nimbys in force now, paul b and denzil. jesus help me.
Posted by: paul b on 4:57am Sun 24 Feb 08
i can the the honky tonk. back to life, back to reality and swing me by the nolans. Oh yeh and chirpy chiry cheepcheep.
i can the the honky tonk. back to life, back to reality and swing me by the nolans. Oh yeh and chirpy chiry cheepcheep.
Posted by: Yasmin Skelt on 11:37am Sun 24 Feb 08
Fantastic news - Eastleigh Council has done a brilliant job of protecting public health given the latest press and scientific reports. Readers should check out the "Summary for the Public" in the international BioInitiative Report www.bioinitiative.or
g or at least read a few paragraphs about the delayed "Interphone Study" in Microwave News at www.microwavenews.co
m.
The "mast huggers" who wrote comments in support of the mast should read up on the dangers, especially if they are heavy mobile phone users or work for the mobile phone industry.
Fantastic news - Eastleigh Council has done a brilliant job of protecting public health given the latest press and scientific reports. Readers should check out the "Summary for the Public" in the international BioInitiative Report www.bioinitiative.or
g or at least read a few paragraphs about the delayed "Interphone Study" in Microwave News at www.microwavenews.co
m.
The "mast huggers" who wrote comments in support of the mast should read up on the dangers, especially if they are heavy mobile phone users or work for the mobile phone industry.
Posted by: ann mobley on 12:18pm Sun 24 Feb 08
Well done to the councillors.
I would ask the negative respondents to read some of the research papers, that prove that exposure to EMfs can cause health problems to a percentage of the population. The precaution approuch to this technology is essential.
Well done to the councillors.
I would ask the negative respondents to read some of the research papers, that prove that exposure to EMfs can cause health problems to a percentage of the population. The precaution approuch to this technology is essential.
Posted by: Andy, Locks Heath on 12:48pm Mon 25 Feb 08
Once again I have to go into battle when morons who with no scientific understanding quote selective evidence from the internet to support their pre-existing prejudice. If there was a clear danger from mobile phone radiation it would be statistically significant around every mast in direct proportion to distance and time in proximity. There is always statistical variance in any population and creaming off the 99th percentile (as these reports always do) is pandering to the, confused, the prejudiced and the illiterate. And the mathematical argument which nobody can dispsute is sitting in the pockets of most protesters. Ask any protester which does the most harm - the mast a hundred metres away or the mobile pressed to the side of their own head? Invetably they think the mast is more dangerous yet they expect quoting a spurious internet reference they cannot interpret for themselves somehow gives them credibility in the debate. "Research" is not just trawling seelctively through dubious raw material - expecially when it originates in the USA. Example - There are a dozen or so people die of bee stings in the UK every year - if one of these occurs near a mobile phone mast do we conclude that mobile phone masts send bees into a killing frenzy? Well Yes - if you ignore all the other deaths which would show up the one death as being entirely random!
Once again I have to go into battle when morons who with no scientific understanding quote selective evidence from the internet to support their pre-existing prejudice. If there was a clear danger from mobile phone radiation it would be statistically significant around every mast in direct proportion to distance and time in proximity. There is always statistical variance in any population and creaming off the 99th percentile (as these reports always do) is pandering to the, confused, the prejudiced and the illiterate. And the mathematical argument which nobody can dispsute is sitting in the pockets of most protesters. Ask any protester which does the most harm - the mast a hundred metres away or the mobile pressed to the side of their own head? Invetably they think the mast is more dangerous yet they expect quoting a spurious internet reference they cannot interpret for themselves somehow gives them credibility in the debate. "Research" is not just trawling seelctively through dubious raw material - expecially when it originates in the USA. Example - There are a dozen or so people die of bee stings in the UK every year - if one of these occurs near a mobile phone mast do we conclude that mobile phone masts send bees into a killing frenzy? Well Yes - if you ignore all the other deaths which would show up the one death as being entirely random!
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