Sedgemoor District Council has this week rejected plans for a new 5G phone mast proposed to be sited next to the entrance to Highbridge’s Apex Park amid concern that it would be ‘detrimental’.
The district council has reviewed a proposal from Hutchison UK Limited for a 15-metre tall mast on the grass verge besides Marine Drive, next to the entrance to the park.
The application is “to determine if prior approval is required for proposed installation of a 15 metre-high monopole supporting 6 antennas and 2 transmission dishes, 4 equipment cabinets and development works.”
Sedgemoor District Council’s Parks and Open Spaces department, which oversees Apex, has said the proposals “would be detrimental to the visual appearance of our award-winning wildlife and leisure park.”