A Kingston MP has argued a more “constructive” approach to putting up phone masts needs to be adopted by authorities and the public who protest against them.
The group will then put pressure on whoever needs to act to solve the problem, whether that be operators or councils, and get them to take action. The campaign is being led by Surbiton resident and Conservative London MEP Syed Kamall.
But members of Kingston campaign group Say no to the Monopole have successfully fought off several mobile phone masts being built on their doorstep. The campaign in March collected more than 200 objections over a planned Vodafone and O2 phone mast at the junction of Tudor Drive and Park Road. The mast, that would have provided 4G phone coverage in north Kingston, was rejected by Kingston Council and the campaign successfully stopped another mast being put up 150m away in October. Campaign member Alan March opposed the Park Road application on the grounds of aesthetics, interference issues and the suggestion that the radio frequencies coming from the tower could disturb neighbouring bats.
A spokeswoman for Vodafone said the company had “good” coverage in Kingston but said the company often came up against “community opposition” when it tried to improve signal.
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