Phone mast turned down
WEALDEN planners have refused permission for an 11 metre high mobile phone mast in Polegate.
Phone company T-Mobile wanted to install the mast in Station Road to improve its coverage in the Polegate area for both 2G and 3G, usage which is currently insufficient.
However, at a meeting of the planning committee at Wealden District Council, councillors refused permission for the mast as they felt the opportunity for mast sharing hadn't been properly investigated as there is already an existing Vodafone site at Polegate train station.
Councillor Andy Long said, "A suitable site owned by another company has been found in another location and whatever the commercial considerations are it is not our concern.
"I think that the council is far too weak in its policy on this and think that we should be stricter on site sharing."
The committee agreed to refuse the mast on grounds of siting and that the possibility of site sharing hadn't been properly explored.
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