ANOTHER plan to build a 5G tower in Warndon has been put forward – less than a mile from a scrapped location judged “obtrusive” by the council.

Work to install a 15-metre 5G pole in Wainwright Avenue in Warndon, Worcester, has been submitted just a fortnight after a similar plan was rejected by Worcester City Council.

The new plan would see the pole – around twice the size of most lampposts around three metres higher than the nearest building – installed just off the A4440 island near the Three Pears Beefeater at junction six of the M5.

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A previous plan would have seen a 15-metre pole put up near hundreds of homes on the corner of Windermere Drive and Keswick Drive in Warndon, but the move by CK Hutchinson was turned down.

The telecommunications operator, which is scouring for a location to install a 5G tower somewhere in Warndon, argued the area does not yet have full 5G coverage and the preferred location in Windermere Drive was a prime spot to be able to provide faster signal for the surrounding houses.

Other locations in Warndon have been excluded by CK Hutchinson Networks including residential locations in Dover Avenue, Stokesay Lane, Tamworth Avenue, Corfe Avenue and Rockingham Lane – all for being too close to homes.

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Another location in Berkeley Way near the Worcester Bosch headquarters was also disregarded.

CK Hutchinson is also planning to install a 19-metre 5G tower in front of Wentworth Court off Droitwich Road in Worcester and another tower on the corner of St Mary's Street and Sansome Walk in the Arboretum near Worcester Crown Court.

Rejecting the 5G plan earlier this month, the council said building the tall pole in an “extremely prominent location” in front of several houses would be “unsightly” for people and “clutter” the residential streets.

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Council planners also said the 5G tower would look “incongruous” and be of “detriment to the area” and would not “integrate effectively.”

The firm had argued the mast would “assimilate well” and “not be detrimental” to the area.

It said while other locations had been looked at, the corner of Windermere Drive and Keswick Drive was “the most appropriate in terms of providing the best signal whilst having the least impact on the character of the area.