Pickhurst Lane Phone Mast Refused

A mobile phone mast proposed near the bottom of Station Approach has been refused planning approval by the Council.

The twenty metre structure was to be sited in the forecourt of the petrol station close to the entrance from Pickhurst Lane. The application was refused on the grounds that the mast would have ‘a significant detrimental impact on the visual amenities of the surrounding area and this would outweigh the public benefit that it would provide’.