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Campaigner to march on Downing Street Broadband masts rejected again at planning

Mental health and homelessness committee as fibre providers move in
campaigner Steve Carr is walking Swindon Borough Council’s planning rejected again.
from his home town of Swindon committee has again rejected The No To Swindon 4G group
to Downing Street during the first applications for the masts required issued the following statement:
week of September to deliver his to deliver a 4G broadband network. “Angered by the initial proposals,
findings from across the UK. The scheme, implemented by UKB local residents engaged with UKB
Steve recently completed a three Networks under a £2m contract to try and find mutually acceptable
month walk from Land’s End to from SBC, requires monopoles 15m sites in North Swindon. We are
John O’Groats, returning on 3 May. in height to deliver the wireless disappointed that the sites chosen
During this trek he stopped to broadband signal to homes. The in consultation with the local
speak in Manchester at Business scheme and its mast locations have community have been rejected by
Rocks 2016 and had a curry dinner been the subject of opposition the planning committee.”
at Swindon Fire Station as well as from local campaign group No To Nicholas James, CEO at UKB
celebrating his 40th birthday. Swindon 4G. Networks said: “We are disappointed
Upon his return to Swindon More recently, Virgin Media and that the committee decided, by
Steve launched his latest venture BT Openreach have begun to deliver a very narrow majority, to refuse
‘Mindcanyon’ which aims to Steve Carr who will be marching fibre broadband, including ultrafast permission for the alternative sites.
combat mental health issues and on Downing Street fibre to premises in North Swindon UKBN has a contract with the
homelessness in the town, and as a response to the group’s calls for council for the Superfast Swindon
hopes it will become a one stop Tomlinson and I’m also hoping to a future-proof solution. project and will continue as planned.
portal for anyone dealing with be joined at some point by Pride of The original plan for masts in the “In order to ensure that the
these issues. Swindon winner Ricardo Defazio. area was made up of five monopole planning committee decision does
Steve said: “I am planning to “I will be raising funds for TWIGS locations across North Swindon. not restrict the options for residents,
conclude my walk to Downing Community Garden in Swindon.” This would have provided service to we are in discussion with Swindon
Street with support from local To follow Steve’s progress visit: all the homes in the area by using Borough Council and BDUK, and will
MPs Robert Buckland and Justin www.twitter.com/smcarrs
‘the most optimal mast sites from undertake the appropriate next steps
Shell exhibition a service perspective’ according to to commence the formal planning
appeal process for the plan.”
UKBN. Swindon Borough Council’s
4 August, 10am to 4pm, Wroughton Library planning committee rejected all the Virgin Media has recently
Ian Purvis will be exhibiting his collection of shells. One of the exhibits sites at its February meeting. announced that it will be bringing
from the Cape Verde Islands is very rare and has been named Conus The revised plan for just four their ‘Vivid’ service to Chiseldon,
purvisii in Ian’s honour after he discovered it underwater on one of his mast locations was put before the which is currently serviced by
trips to the islands. planning committee in July, with all existing UKBN 4G masts.

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