A decision over the future of a controversial 5G mast in a Newcastle village has been put on hold.
Councillors were due to decide on Friday whether the 59ft phone mast in Hazlerigg would be allowed to stay in the village, after it was built in the wrong place. The Coach Lane pole has been labelled an “eyesore” since it was erected last year.
But Newcastle City Council has delayed the verdict on its future, after the firm behind the mast submitted new information about their plans at the eleventh hour. Louise Sloan, the local authority’s assistant director for planning, told members of a council planning committee on Friday morning that their decision on whether to grant retrospective permission for the 5G mast would have to be deferred.
