As a member of the council planning committee, I try not to take a view on planning applications  incase they come to our committee and I am asked to make an impartial judgement on them. That said, many residents will be interested in an application to increase the size of the phone mast on The Avenue.

The current mast, hidden largely by trees, has one major drawback in that the signal is also hidden by trees, especially in the wet. The application is for a much taller mast which will project beyond the tree canopy at 24m.

Comments can be made to the council in writing or on-line (although today the council website appears to be broken) quoting the reference 10/01230/FUL.