A row over an “ugly” 5G mast in a Tyneside village has been reignited after it emerged that it had been installed in the wrong place.
There was an outcry from locals in Hazlerigg last year when a 59ft phone mast was erected in Coach Lane, having initially been rejected by Newcastle City Council. The pole was approved on appeal by a Government planning inspector last summer, but network Three could now be forced to pull it down.
Because the mast was erected in the wrong location, just a few yards away from where it should have been, the telecoms firm has been forced to apply for new retrospective planning permission for the development. It has, once again, sparked something of a backlash from residents – with opponents claiming that the mast has become a “total eyesore” and a target for graffiti.
