Plans for a 59ft 5G mast just 15 yards from a war memorial has been blocked. As previously reported in the Manchester Evening News, the proposal triggered 79 objections from locals in Whitefield, Bury, and united Labour and Tory councillors in opposing it.
The structure would have been on a wedge of grass next to a cenotaph commemorating 175 men who died in the First World War and 80 who were killed in the Second World War. The location at the junction of Higher Lane and Church Lane is in a conservation area and clsoe to All Saints Church - a Grade I listed building.
The mast was proposed by CK Hutchison Networks Ltd, owner of phone service provider Three. In a letter they had asked whether prior approval was needed to install it at the busy junction. Additional equipment cabinets would also have been installed.
