Residents say they are 'gobsmacked' by the plans to install 15m poles across the borough without planning permission
More than 100 people are objecting to plans to erect dozens of of ‘ugly’ 15m poles carrying a new aerial broadband network across Oldham. IX Wireless has applied to the council for 29 poles to be installed in various locations around the borough. But they have been met by a furious backlash from residents who argue they’re not needed and will ‘ruin the appearance’ of neighbourhoods.
Instead, they have to be ‘determined’ with 56 days, or they will be deemed to have been granted. The plans show the poles to be 13m high, with an antennae box on top taking the total height to 15m, below the height that would require planning permission. In August, Bolton South East MP Yasmin Qureshi wrote to the government demanding more scrutiny of the permitted development rights used to install the ‘ugly’ poles. There have been more than 130 objections lodged against 12 of the 29 planned poles in various locations in Oldham.
Another adds: “This will be a complete eyesore and not in keeping with the area whatsoever. It will also devalue houses around the vicinity of the unsightly post and box.” Coun Shah said: “Labour councillors are really frustrated by the way that permitted development rights cut local communities out of decisions like this that affect local residents, we’ve had lots of worried Oldhamers getting in touch asking us to do something about these because understandably they expect the council to have some say over what happens on our streets.
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