The mast will be part of the Home Office-led Emergency Services Network (ESN) A ‘FURORE’ has erupted over plans for a new telecommunications tower which locals have branded “visually intrusive”. EE (UK) Limited is seeking conditional permission to erect a 17.5-metre-high telecoms mast on land north of Bushes Wood and east of Parmoor Lane, in Frieth. The brown “pole type” mast will be part of the Home Office-led Emergency Services Network (ESN) to address “gaps in network coverage”, according to council documents. ESNs are critical communications systems for police, fire and rescue, ambulance services and a range of other users from local authorities to utility services, according to a government website.