Residents have been urged to have their say over controversial plans for a phone mast near Oswestry. Mobile phone giant Orange wants to build the mast at Aston Moor, West Felton.

The company had originally erected a mast at New House Farm, near The Avenue, West Felton.

However, Oswestry Borough Council issued an enforcement notice to halt further work there as planning officers believed it was not being built in accordance with development rights.

Residents then formed the West Felton Mast Protest Group to campaign for the mast to be removed from near their homes amid fears of health risks and it being an eyesore.

Now Orange has applied to build another mast at Aston Moor and people met last night for an update on the new scheme.

Councillor Aggie Caesar-Homden, member for Ruyton and West Felton, said the meeting was to check everyone has been consulted on the proposals for the new site and, if they wanted to, write to Oswestry Borough Council with their views and opinions.

Carol Corbett, protest group spokeswoman, said: “The application went in on December 6 and members of the protest group have responded.

“I asked the council to check roll-out plans to ensure we are not going to be stuck with four or five other operators there as well and about the frequency they will operate on. The things we objected to at New House Farm, we can’t object to at Aston Moor. At 15.1m, Orange has got to get planning permission.”

The application will go before Oswestry Borough Council’s development control committee meeting on January 23.