Down with Findon Valley mast

At a meeting of Worthing council's planning committee on Thursday, councillors agreed the siting and design of the 11.7 metre mast was inappropriate.

Mobile phone giant T-Mobile wanted to put the monopole mast at the junction of Findon Road and Cissbury Avenue.

A spokesperson from the company said it would help it provide a wider mobile phone coverage in the area.

But Sue Smith, assistant head teacher at nearby Vale First and Middle School, said the school was very much against the plan for the health and safety of the children.

She added: "We are already in the radius of another mast and feel this one would be better off being put there too.

"On this site we have several pre-schools, churches, a doctors' surgery, a library and many other services so I think it's inappropriate."

Representatives from local businesses and the Findon Valley Residents' Association also made representations against the mast.