A string of applications for huge masts across the Greater Manchester region have dominated council planning discussions this week.
With 5G coverage and better internet speeds becoming a priority for government, the latest sweep of planning applications is especially prominent in Oldham.
In recent weeks there have been a total of 32 separate applications for 15m high ‘air-fibre’ poles designed to carry high speed broadband across the borough.
The developer responsible for the applications, IX Wireless, launched in 2017 with the goal of bringing ‘21st-century digital infrastructure to towns and cities across the North West and beyond’. READ MORE: Man seriously injured after becoming trapped under digger that fell off lorry near Asda READ MORE: Driver arrested for 'failing drug test' after man, 93, hit by bus As expected, there are a number of applications for housing developments but there has been a lack of any major decisions made across the region.