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Neighbour Response Summary Neighbour Response Summary Planning Application Ref: R/85/51A/GDO Location: Land to the south east of existing agricultural buildings off High Lane,West Scrafton,Leyburn Proposed Development: Application for prior approval under Part 16 of Schedule 2 to the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended by the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (no.2) Order 2016 and in accordance with the electronic communications code under the Telecommunications Act 1984 Schedule 2 as amended by the Communications Act 2003 for the installation of a 17m wooden utility Pole (15m above ground level) with mobile communications antenna and equipment cabinet Case Officer: Andrew Bishop Valid Date: 08-Dec-2020 Application Type: GDO - Prior Approval Telecommunications Neighbour Responses Harriet Corner 1,Coverham Abbey,Coverham Abbey,Middleham,Leyburn,North Yorkshire,DL8 4RL Having spoken to next door neighbours to this application at Moorhen Farm,they tell me that there is excellent broadband and 4g service ALREADY in this particular part of the Dale,so why is this trial of any benefit to residents of Coverdale? Harriet Corner 1,Coverham Abbey,Coverham Abbey,Middleham,Leyburn,North Yorkshire,DL8 4RL I am writing,having already commented several times on your planning portal for this application (which I gather has crashed) to express my strong objection to this mast. Firstly,how can the YDNP,who are meant to be protectors of this unbelievably precious Dale,think that it is alright for this trial to take place,with its masts and ancillary infrastructure. The ecology and birdlife in the SSSi next door to this site includes a nesting site for a hen harrier,amongst many other rare species and the damage that EMF exposure would do to this could be catastrophic and irreversible. Having spoken to the next door neighbours to this application at Moorhen Farm (who I see from the application incredibly haven’t been consulted for their views),they tell me that there is already excellent broadband and 4G service available in this particular part of the Dale and that they are seriously concerned about the health risks of living with their four young children so close to a mast and that they would even consider moving away. I urge you to please stop this rollout,until a proper detailed consultation has happened,involving ALL residents of this Dale (I only knew about his by reading in the newspaper about it,after the decision had been taken by Middleham Town Council for Coverdale to take part in this trial). Parish Councils also have not been given the full picture of what this trial entails. Alan Jones Wellhouse,Horsehouse,Leyburn,North Yorkshire Quickline communications is the lead partner of a consortium named 'MANY'. MANY has not performed a proper consultation and has provided false and misleading information at parish council meetings. There is written evidence of this which I have already drawn to NYCC's attention. MANY has not performed a systematic need/benefit/risk analysis but supplanted it with an approach focused on storytelling. This approach is exemplified by a piece of low quality output co-authored by a member of the Lancaster University Management School,and member of MANY,titled 'Performing a Myth to Make a Market'. Anyone wanting to form an opinion of the quality of MANY's operations could start with this. I have written evidence that MANY classifies concerned residents who raise objections to its proposals as 'anti 5G campaigners' - while simultaneously proclaiming its 'ethical' approach. MANY is happy to count ignorance or confusion as informed consent. This project should be paused and examined in closer detail to assess its all-round fitness for a national park,to assess alternatives,and to examine the methods used by MANY. Alan Jones Wellhouse,Horsehouse,Leyburn,North Yorkshire I am aware of the responsible line taken by planning officers to postpone a decision on the mast at West Scrafton (R/85/51A/GDO). This gives concerned residents an opportunity to engage Neil Heseltine and other members of the Planning Committee to bring attention to the project behind the application. In the meantime,and purely as a matter of information,I want to forward the above attachment to you. The three-page article in the December 2018 issue of The Lancet raises points which may bring the establishment of a "5G test bed" into conflict with the primary statutory purpose of a national park. The short article,which is an exemplar of the large hinterland of rational doubt surrounding the wisdom of a vast and uncritical expansion in wireless communications,is sobering and worth reading in its entirety but I have picked out a couple of quotes. 'Evidence also exists of the effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation on flora and fauna. For example,the reported global reduction in bees and other insects is plausibly linked to the increased radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation in the environment.' 'It has been widely claimed that radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation,being non-ionising radiation,does not possess enough photon energy to cause DNA damage. This has now been proven wrong experimentally.' 'A recent evaluation of 2266 studies (including in-vitro and in-vivo studies in human,animal,and plant experimental systems and population studies) found that most studies (n=1546,68∙2%) have demonstrated significant biological or health effects associated with exposure to anthropogenic electromagnetic fields.' N Corner Coverham Abbey Coverham It has come to my attention that submissions made by residents regarding the above planning application might have gone ‘missing’. This in itself seems an extraordinary state of affairs,but in light of what has been taking place and what is proposed to take place in Coverdale regarding this entire scheme,maybe not wholly surprising. I would like to place on record my objection to the above planning application. I have lived in Coverdale for the vast majority of my life. It is a very special place indeed. Such a special place,that it has been included in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the first instance. Part of my farm is also an SSSI. The part nearby which you are considering erecting a very high telecommunication structure. It begs the question of just how much protection you would need to have in this country,if this application is allowed to go ahead.......? All of us who have the privilege of living in the YDNP know that with that privilege comes restriction,primarily those relating to planning. There is not one of us who does not understand this,and most of us have indeed fallen foul of those close restrictions whenever we ask for planning permission. Here we seem to have a situation whereby a telecommunications system,with the attendant visual intrusion,is being allowed to go ahead with a stunning lack of consultation with local residents and it seems to have the National Park’s blessing ! We all know how these things start - oh,just one mast please,then three,then....... how many would there need to be before this beautiful dale is utterly changed in character forever ? What if the plan is to have them every three hundred metres ? This entire roll out needs the brake putting on it,until the massive ramifications are truly understood. Let me say at this stage that I am not a natural ‘objector’ and I understand that there will be different views to mine in the resident body,but surely Coverdale is a completely inappropriate place to run this sort of ‘experiment’ ? Why is it in a National Park ? Why is a substantial part of my farm an SSSI ? Why do people visit Coverdale ? Please consider these questions when considering this application. J Harrison-Topham Cotescue Park,Middleham I am sending this objection by email as the planning portal is not working. I am writing on two counts: 1. As clerk to the parish council of Coverham and Agglethorpe we have not been consulted. A meeting with MANY was initiated by me in December which failed to answer many queries and they are carrying out further consultations and presentations in the early part of this year and I do not think it appropriate for a consent to be given until the local parishes have been properly consulted. You say that all parishes are supportive - this is not true and some concerned inhabitants from the other parishes have been in touch following my December zoom meeting with MANY saying that they did not know anything about the project which clearly shows that some parish councils have NOT completed the consultation process properly. 2. As the owner of the Caldbergh Estate (approx 1.5 miles) from West Scrafton I have not been approached or consulted. I have concerns on many fronts not least the ecological impact on Caldbergh Moor which is part of the Nidderdale SSSI - the largest and most important example of heather moorland in Western Europe. It is home to some of the most endangered birds and insects. Given the importance of this area I am astounded that neither the National Park nor MANY see fit to consult with the landowners of the SSSI. From the presentation I have seen by MANY it was full of inaccuracies and untruths and I would be horrified that the National Park should be considering approval without a full exercise and consultation with the local communities and land owners. Please register my objection - I look forward a full consultation. S Holden No address given I am herewith registering my objection to the installation of the West Scrafton 15m utility pole. This is a completely inappropriate and unsightly intrusion into the National Park.
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