Huntington mobile phone mast uproar (From York Press)

I just love The Press pictures of 'angry' residents.

Oh no not again.

All I can say is, let all those, and their famililies, that want to complain, throw away their mobile phones and remove their Sky dishes. They will be benefitting from a mast somewhere that someone else can see.

As far as trying to play the 'close to school' card, I suggest they go to Huntington Comp and Joseph Rowntree Schools and see how many mobile phone dishes there are at these and other locations.

You would have thought that they'd at least attempt to make these towers less ugly, maybe disguise it as a giant tree or something.

Joseph Rowntree School is some 300 metres away

What about the BT base opposite the school? That has radio transmitters, doesn't it? No-one seems to complain about that..

Well it is getting like radio city around New Earswick and Huntington mast at the Link road mast at telephone exchange mast on Joseph Rowntree School the excuse everytime is to improve mobile phone signal so why do they need 4 mast with in 1 mile of each other

I agree with bjb. Only those who do not use mobile phones have any legitimate right to complain. Otherwise it is pure NMBYism which the authorities should ignore when making their decision.

Resevoir Dogs 20 years on!!

York1900 wrote:
Well it is getting like radio city around New Earswick and Huntington mast at the Link road mast at telephone exchange mast on Joseph Rowntree School the excuse everytime is to improve mobile phone signal so why do they need 4 mast with in 1 mile of each other

There are at least 5 mobile phone networks each with their own masts thats why.

The Mobile Phone Mast in Molehill Road, Chestfield, Whitstable, Kent.


Despite the massive local opposition from The Community in Chestfield, Canterbury City Council passed judgment today – the Planning Application was approved in The Guildhall following the site visit.

The local campaign committee, of which I am proud to be a member, left site with the feeling that – where mobile phone masts are concerned – the days of democracy, logical and rational debate – in the presence of common sense – are all dead.

We all feel very deeply let down by the Council, who seem to demonstrate an invincible & righteous power that can and will not be deterred by mere Members of the Public.

Reading today’s Article on the website, in > www.yourcanterbury.c
o.uk < that the Council spokesman twice quotes that thorough consultation had been carried out I feel like questioning my own sanity, as I always believed that consultation meant asking peoples’ opinions and taking these into account, rather than simply advising people what is happening.

I recently attended a meeting in this Guildhall and listened to debates surrounding planning applications for 4 mobile phone masts. A spokesman for the Council – Mr Bob Britnell, Senior Planning Officer - gave an illustration of the health dangers posed by mobile phone masts by describing a hypothetical situation where an engineer working on a phone mast might get “frazzled” by passing in front of one of the transmission pods, akin to being in front of a microwave oven with the door open. This was a clear acknowledgement of the potential health dangers that we all know exist. I went home, sad, shocked, disappointed and thoroughly demoralised at what I had witnessed.”

I have the same feeling today as the sentiments expressed in my previous paragraph and believe that this view is now shared by the majority of people in the Chestfield Community. I wonder how Mr Britnell sleeps nights, because where I in his shoes, I would find it extremely difficult to do so.

Of the ten or so masts that Vodafone has installed locally we are aware that two are 1.5 miles apart and that this distance is clearly acceptable in terms of coverage. Our various Objections included a request that the mast location was simply moved a few hundred yards further along Molehill Road away from residential development. But even this moderate request was ignored.

In expressing the above sentiment I do readily acknowledge that Governmental Guidelines preclude Councils from taking health concerns into consideration when they sit in judgment. Despite this acknowledgement I still find it appropriate to repeat what I wrote earlier, namely - We all feel very deeply let down by the Canterbury City Council, who seem to demonstrate an invincible & righteous power that can and will not be deterred by mere Members of the Public.

Yours, in despondency and sadness

Ian R Elliott