Mast objections in Bristol successful
Mast Successes! 6 Refused!
Big thanks to everyone who objected and/or helped with flyering, emailing, phoning, writing and researching.
Look for an ‘R’ (for Refused!) after the deadline date on stop5g.co.uk/bristol/
Time to celebrate AND time to put in your objections to the 4 masts where the official objection period ends TODAY Wednesday 8 July!
(P.S. If you open this email later, please object anyway, as planners will accept objections until close to the decision date – but better safe than sorry…please do it now.)
Click on the links below to get an idea of what to focus on for each mast and then go to the link to object (takes 5 mins per mast)
The planning website is a bit glitchy so please ensure you get a popup notification with confirmation after you submit your objection; leave it a while and then check your objection shows on the Documents tab. If you have objected to a different mast previously, be careful that you delete that text from the form before writing your new objection.
What can you object about? For a Prior-approval application (the majority), You can technically object only on grounds of siting and appearance – but that includes proximity to residential dwellings, schools, university buildings, residential care homes, nurseries and so on. Ecological harm (e.g. to bees and trees) and health & safety (lack of risk assessment etc) are material planning considerations so can be included as well.
Many people will have danger to health as an important reason for objecting, but as this isn’t technically permissible, it is very important that you first include permitted grounds such as siting and appearance in your objection. Objections on health grounds only may not be considered by the planning department – we need to go higher for this – see legal case).