11 January 2008
Mobile phone masts continue to provoke controversy, with two separate residents' groups having some success in campaigning against their installation.
Local residents in both cases have been worried about recent studies, which suggest that close proximity to telecoms masts can have some detrimental effects on health.
In Norfolk, T-Mobile have faced an application to build a mast in the Costessey area turned down - after local residents complained that it would cause a potential risk to pupils at a nearby primary school, the Norwich Evening News reports.
However, the firm has not given up and has suggested that it re-build the mast nearby - prompting the local parish council to write a letter to the firm, asking it to reconsider.
Clerk Rachel Jackson claimed that the mast would be "very detrimental" to the area.
A T-Mobile spokesman said that their plans remained "on hold" until they agreed on an alternative site.
Meanwhile in Gloucestershire, a campaign from more than 100 residents of the village of Winterbourne has led the local council to turn down Vodafone's planning application to build a phone mast in the area.
Councillors ruled that the 12-metre mast would "detract from the character" of the surrounding area, the Gazette reports.
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