Complaints about broadband firm IX Wireless building masts and poles have left councillors ‘overwhelmed and powerless’ in the face of growing public anger, a meeting has heard.
All political parties at Bolton Council have said they ‘deplore’ the actions of the company who have over past months installed hundreds of mast and poles in Bolton, Bury and other parts of Greater Manchester, often with the minimum amount of notice allowed.
The firm are authorised to install masts without prior consultation as long as they are a maximum height of 15m due to a planning law known as ‘permitted development’.
