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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Ellie Forbes & Julia Banim

Phone mast disguised at tree blasted as 'giant toilet brush' by fuming locals

Fuming locals have lashed out at a 25-metre-high phone mast disguised as a tree, arguing that it looks more like a "gigantic toilet brush", amid fears it will ruin the picturesque landscape. The mast, which was erected close to Dundas Home Farm in South Queensferry, Scotland, was granted planning permission in June last year, with authorities accepting the operators' proposal for a "tree-styled mast to reduce the visual impact."

However, a number of locals feel to attempts to conceal the mast with greenery hadn't proven effective, given that it stands at more than double the height of the actual trees in the vicinity.

Some locals feel the mast alone would have been preferable (Katielee Arrowsmith SWNS)
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