Residents protest against 'cynical' communications firm which has erected hundreds of masts without having to get planning permission
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHundreds of angry residents and politicians took part at a protest against communications firm IX Wireless which is erecting hundreds of masts across the north west under 'permitted development' rules.
It means the firm is putting up wooden and metal masts in residential roads across Greater Manchester without having to seek planning approval.
The programme of works, which the firm says is to introduce cheap and powerful internet coverage, has infuriated householders who have been powerless to act as they watched the poles being put up outside their homes. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Many of them gathered for a protest in Bolton town centre on Saturday afternoon.
Among them was Elaine Bracegirdle, 59, who said she had no idea about the pole erected 10ft from her front door in Great Lane, Clifton, until she came home on March 26.
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