Thirty-Nine Mobile Phone Masts in Leeds

It is stated in the Freedom of Information Act, that there are over 130 mobile phone masts located across the region. These masts collectively have made some of the regional councils £997,942 in rent a year.

Leeds City Council made £410,000 in rent from the mobile phone masts last year. Some of the masts are on a block of flats on Queenswood Road Heights in Headingly and Gledhow Towers in Potternewton.

The council in Leeds have been slammed for putting the masts in residential areas, as campaigners believe that they are a major health risk to the general public. Thirty-eight out of the thirty-nine mobile phone masts are in residential and the other is situated on a office block.

However the council state that no masts are put up until residents in the area are informed of the application.

A spokesperson for Leeds City council said: “If they object, the company will have to seek an alternative site.

“This is just one stage of the consultation – should the residents be happy with the proposal then local councillors are asked for their comments and, finally, the plans are submitted for planning permission, which is governed by strict planning rules relating to the design and location of the mast.”

The Mobile Operators Association said: “More than 30 authoritative expert scientific reviews undertaken both in the UK and around the world, including by the World Health Organisation, during the past seven years have not found adverse health affects for adults or children caused by mobile phone base stations operating within the international health and safety guidelines used in the United Kingdom.

“Local authority sites increases the number of possible locations available to operators and makes it easier to find suitable sites. Local authorities can then use the money for public services, hospitals or old people’s homes or maintaining housing blocks.”

SOURCE:

Yorkshire Post

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