Bradford Council bans 65ft phone mast proposal for residential street

An impression of what the mast would have looked like on Bolton Road in Bradford

Plans for a proposed 65ft (20m) phone mast on a street in Bradford have been blocked, the council said.

A telecoms company applied for the mast to be erected on Bolton Road but planners said it would cause "visual harm" to residents.

The application by Cornerstone was rejected this week, Bradford Council confirmed.

A spokesperson said the "overbearing and overshadowing effect" of the mast would be significant.

The proposed mast, which was proposed for the junction with Bolton Drive, would also have housed six antennas and three cabinets and been "extremely visible from the row of dwellings eight metres to the south".

The Bradford Council spokesperson added: "While the surrounding area is distinctively mixed with a variety of development, there is no precedence for telecommunications development of such inappropriate scale and siting.

"The pole would not be screened by any surrounding structures and by virtue of scale and siting, would visually overbear its surroundings. This harm is not outweighed by the public benefits."