A bid to erect a taller mobile phone tower in a Lake District village to deliver ‘vital connectivity’ has been given the go-ahead.
The Lake District National Park Authority has approved plans for Cornerstone to remove an existing 17.5m mast on Pool Bridge in Hawkshead and replace it with a 24m lattice tower.
The firm said: “The increased height solution is necessary in this case to allow Vodafone to deliver vital mobile connectivity to the wider area which is unachievable with the current solution in place.
“Albeit the new mast incorporates an increased height solution, it is felt that the increase in height would not be overly dominant within this wider landscape.”
It added that the colour and materials used on the new mast had been carefully considered to match those used on the existing mast and assimilate with the wider landscape.
