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Phone companies should be forced to compensate people living next to their masts
12 Oct 04: FOR • It should be possible for home owners to sue the operators for the massive damage to their property values.
6 Oct 04: OTHER INFO • Links:- Mast Action Group - freespace.virgin.net/mast.action/ Mast Sanity - www.mastaction.org/network.htm Planning Sanity - www.planningsanity.co.uk/ Stewart report - www.iegmp.org.uk/programme/index.htm Mast location maps - www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk Phone network info - www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk/mobilework.htm
6 Oct 04: FOR • The government says there is no conclusive evidence of health risk - however the government is making a lot of money out of mobile phones so the evidence will never be conclusive.
• Regardless of whether the mast is a health hazard or not the important point is that there is a 'perceived risk' which has a real and dramatic effect on property values so this should be a valid basis for a planning objection.
• Its obvious that this has a major impact on the value of their property - probably Ł25,000 or more
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