Phone Masts in West Wiltshire - where are they?
Here's a list of telecommunications masts which have been notified to West Wilts over the last 5 years. It may not include older sites. Not all of those mentioned may have actual masts on site, and there may be more companies 'mast-sharing' than those mentioned. Please let us know if you spot any inaccuracies in the list.
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AVONCLIFF
BT - Station
BOYTON
BT Airwave - Corton Field Barn
BRADFORD ON AVON
BT Cellnet - 6 Wooley Green
Vodaphone - 2 Holt Rd
Crown Castle - Telephone Exchange, Priory Park
O2 - Leigh Park Hotel
Adams Holmes - Leigh House Farm
BRATTON
Vodaphone - Naxxari Farm
BEANACRE
BT Airwave - Westlands Lane
BROUGHTON GIFFORD
Scottish & Southern Energy & One 2 One - Norrington Lane
BULKINGTON
Airwave MM02 - Leaze Farm
CHAPMANSLADE
Orange - Dead Maids Farm
CHITTERNE
B & R Property - Back Road
CROCKERTON
NTL - Southleigh Wood
NTL - Potters Hill
CORSLEY
PNC Telecom - The Corsley Shop
DILTON MARSH
One 2 One - Fairwood Rd
EDINGTON
BT Cellnet - Telephone exchange, Westbury Rd
Vodaphone - Baynton Farm
One 2 One - Gales Reservoir
Orange - Hudds Mill Lane
FARLEIGH WICK
Vodaphone - Layby on Bath Road
HEYTESBURY
Orange - Southview, Greenlands
HEYWOOD
National Trust - Heywood House
HOLT
Vodaphone & One 2 One - 117 The Midlands
Hutchison 3G - Auto Telephone Exchange, The Midlands
KNOOK
BT Cellnet - East Farm
LIMPLEY STOKE
BT Airways - Conkwell Grange Stud Farm
Orange - Cleeve Farm, Midford Lane
MELKSHAM
Orange - Spiers Hauliers, Western Way
One 2 One - 207 Woodrow
BT Cellnet - Bowerhill sewage works
One 2 One - Neston Field, Little Chalfield
One 2 One - Roundponds Farm
NORTH BRADLEY
One-2-One - Manor Farm
Hutchison 3G - Park Farm
Orange - Cromwell Press, White Horse Business Park
NORTON BAVANT
BT Cellnet - Norton Rd
SEMINGTON
McNicholas construction - Littleton garage
SUTTON VENY
BT Cellnet - Deverill Rd Trading Estate
BT Cellnet - Sutton Water Meadow
TROWBRIDGE
One-2-One - HJ Knee Ltd
Orange - Trowbridge Power Tools, Canal Rd
One 2 One & O2 - Multi-storey car park
Telecom Securicor - Jewson's, Canal Rd
One 2 One - Railway station
BT Cellnet - Trowbridge Garden Centre
Airwave MM 02 - Ashton Mills
Satellite Information Systems - 45 Union St
Hutchison 3G - NW of The Maltings, Riverway
O2 - Willow Grove/College Road
O2 - Canal Rd
WARMINSTER
One 2 One - Safeway
Telecom Securicor & BT Airwave - Park Hill, Longleat
Orange - Bradley Road
BT Cellnet - Bath Road
One 2 One - Warminster Station
BT Cellnet - Boreham Mill
Hutchison 3G - Telephone Exchange, East St
Airwave MM02 - Vedette Post, Cradle Hill
One 2 One - West Wilts Golf Club
O2 - Eversfield, Station Rd
Mark Navolio - 12 Fairfield Rd
T Mobile - Land NE of 20, Station Rd
WEST ASHTON
Hutchison 3G - Reservoir, Bratton Rd
WESTBURY
Vodaphone - Adj Slag Lane signal box
Orange - Short River Rd
Vodaphone - Railtrack compound, Slag Lane
NBT - 12 High St
One 2 One & BT Cellnet - Sewage works, Slag Lane
BT Wideband - Telephone exchange, Edward St
WESTWOOD
Orange - Iford Lodge Farm
Orange - Jones Hill
Vodaphone - Westwood Mine
WINSLEY
Orange & One 2 One - Conkwell Farm
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Notes.
The Conservatives did a deal with the phone companies when they were last in government to cut planning controls for masts, and now we have the ridiculous situation that it is often easier to get planning permission for a mast than it is for a conservatory.
In 2000, the chair of the Independent Expert group on Mobile Phones, William Stewart, recommended a precautionary approach regarding the siting of masts until more detailed and scientifically robust information on any health effects became available. This is also the advice of the British Medical Association.
However at the moment many masts do not require planning permission at all, and councils are not allowed to take public concerns about health into consideration provided the mobile phone operators have a "health certificate" - clearance from the Radiation Protection Division of the Health Protection Agency.
Commercial forces and the fact that the Treasury gets a very large licence fee payment mean the introduction of more democratic systems of control are unlikely.
For more information on the issue of mobile phone masts, see Mast Action UK at www.mastaction.co.uk or Mast Sanity at www.mastsanity.org (08704 322377). If you are concerned about the health issues then a useful contact is the Radiation Division of the Health Protection Agency, www.hpa.org.uk/radiation . For more information on the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme, contact www.mthr.org.uk