A row over a 5G mast in a Newcastle village is set to come to a head next week, with councillors due to rule on the dispute.
An argument over the “ugly” 59ft phone mast in Hazlerigg sparked into life once again recently, after it emerged that it had been built in the wrong place. The Coach Lane pole was approved on appeal last year by a Government planning inspector, having initially been rejected by Newcastle City Council.
But telecoms giant Three has been forced to ask the local authority for planning permission once again, having erected the mast 18 metres away from where it should have been – something that was blamed on “land ownership issues”. More than 200 people have since objected to the scheme, urging the council to reject it and force the phone network to take the “eyesore” down.
