Landmark case for phone masts

October, 2003

In what could be a landmark case, the Government has agreed to revoke planning permission for a mobile phone mast in Chorleywood on health grounds.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott quashed a successful appeal by Orange for the mast in Grove Way after he conceded a government planning inspector had failed to adequately consider the health concerns of local residents.
Chorleywood Against Mast Pollution (ChAMP) campaigner Yasmin Skelt brought the action on behalf of the group this year, after the inspector overturned Three Rivers District Council's refusal.
Before it could be fought in the High Court, Mrs Skelt's claim - backed up by 150 pages of research - was conceded by the Government and ChAMP was awarded costs.
Mrs Skelt, a Chorleywood resident, said: "I'm very pleased about this because it's not just a great victory for Chorleywood, it's a great victory for campaigners everywhere."
National campaigning group Mast Sanity has long argued residents do not need to prove there is a health risk, only that there is a perception of one.

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