Published Date:
15 July 2008
DISAPPOINTMENT has been expressed by a Horsham district councillor over Parliament's rejection of a call for greater controls on mobile phone masts.
A change in the law to put more planning restrictions on companies building mobile phone masts was proposed by Liberal Democrat MP Andrew Stunell who moved an amendment to the Planning Bill on June 25.
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Had it gone through, all new phone masts would have required full planning permission from the local authority.
Horsham district councillor Belinda Walters (LDem, Holbrook West) said "Communities can sometimes be powerless to stop inappropriately sited phone masts going ahead because the planning system has fewer restrictions on them than for many other planning applications."
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Last Updated:
15 July 2008 4:38 PM
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