Residents are furious after a "monstrous" 5G mast was put up in a leafy Cardiff suburb without planning permission. A 3G mast on Lisvane Road in Lisvane was replaced with a 5G mast in November 2022 through what is known as permitted development rights.
This is when certain types of work can go ahead without the need to submit a planning application. In the case of the 5G mast at Lisvane, it allows telecommunication operators to alter and replace their existing equipment. However, residents and local councillors argue that the difference in height between the new and old masts and the changing nature of the surrounding location since the old 3G mast was erected warranted the submission of a planning application.
A resident on the new Lon Coetgae residential street off Lisvane Road, Paul Mogg OBE, first found out about the 5G mast when it was being put up. He said: "I was driving along this main road and the cranes were there and this thing was being erected.
