Last Wednesday the Planning Committee of the Town Council listened to a statement made by the 'No Masts in Southwell' campaign group and voted to support the attempts to change legislation to make it compulsory for applications for installation of new masts to be submitted for full planning approval as is usual for other installations.

It was also pointed out that there is no regulatory body to oversee mast construction and location as there is for other bodies (e.g. OFTEL, OFWAT, OFGEN). The committee recommended that Government be pressed to set up such a body.