Will 20-metre tall telecommunications mast soon be towering over High Street in Cleethorpes?

The car park on High Street, Cleethorpes, near where a telecommunications mast could be installed

ANOTHER telecommunications mast and base station could be installed in Cleethorpes - not many metres away from the near the junction of St Peter's Avenue and Isaac's Hill.

A Berkshire-based company, Cornerstone, is seeking the consent of North East Lincolnshire Council to set up the equipment on the footpath adjacent to the car park in High Street.

If approved, the project will consist of a 20-metre high mast with six antennae attached, plus three ground-based cabinets.

Cornerstone believes it has the endorsement of the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, because it has included in its application an article he submitted to The Times newspaper in December 2024.

This states: "Good homes need to be supported by good infrastructure.

"In the past 14 years, the Tories decided fewer than 60 infrastructure projects. We haven’t built a reservoir in 30 years, not least because the time it takes to secure planning permission for major infrastructure projects has almost doubled in the past decade. 

"Every road, pylon and mast - which connect people with opportunity - must jump through endless hoops, only to be opposed, dragged out, before eventually, if lucky, approved."

However, there have been formal objections from some nearby residents who, contrary to the claims of telecommunications companies, fear that radiation from such installations poses a health risk.

Concerns have also been expressed about the potentially adverse visual impact on the street scene of  such a conspicuous structure.

The design submitted with the applications gives a clue to the scale of the proposed mast

The existing telecommunications equipment at the top of Isaac's Hill