Council says no to proposed 20-metre high telephone mast at 'gateway to resort area of Cleethorpes'

                                                

The mast - along with antennae and other equipment -  would have been outside this popular pub 

A PROPOSAL to install a 20-metre high telephone mast opposite The Trawlerman pub in Cleethorpes has been refused by North East Lincolnshire Council.

The authority's decision notice reads as follows: "The mast is proposed in a location - a grass verge off North Sea Lane - which acts as a gateway into the resort area of Cleethorpes and is located close to a caravan site as well as several residential properties. 

"It is acknowledged that there are several other items of street furniture in this area such as road signage, but, given the height, scale and location of the mast, it is considered that this would be significantly more pronounced in the street scene.

"It would be harmful to visual amenity as it would be considerably greater than the scale of other buildings in the area." 

The report continues: "It is noted that neighbours have also raised concerns in relation to the development being located close to residential dwellings, and it is considered that the mast would be over-dominant and intrusive to the detriment of residential amenity of neighbouring property.

"Furthermore, given the mast's location close to a pedestrian crossing, the council's highways officer considers that the mast would block visibility when crossing the road. 

"The officer also considers that the mast would obstruct drivers' views of existing directional road signs. 

"For these safety reasons, the highway officer objects to the application."

Humberston Village Council had raised no concerns about the proposal, but there were objections from some of the residents living at nearby Riverside Drive, Seaford Road, Kings Mews and Faulding Way.