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SOME ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PROPOSAL,
PLEASE USE YOUR OWN WORDS
● Lack of respect for us?: The proposal is lacking in essential detail, which is
in itself suspicious. The expected Site Notice for notifying the public as
to the consultation was not displayed in the street outside Cobbs Hall – we
checked several times. It was only seen after our leaflets were given out
to alert the public towards the end of May.
Worse
still, the applicant did not feel any of the local schools were worth
consulting, which would have been expected practice.
● Health: Several homes, schools and nurseries will be within
range. Also the hospital and popular Lillie Road recreation ground where
children play.
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Locations
within range: approx horiz distance (m/ft/yds) from Google Maps* or
plans^
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Pavement outside Cobbs Hall,
Fulham Palace Rd
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4m / 13ft^
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Nearest house, Crabtree Lane
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17m / 55ft^
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Lillie Rd Recreation Ground
(much used by children, nearest point)
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24m / 26yds^
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Lillie Rd Recreation Ground
(much used by children, from)
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46m / 50yds*
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Clifford Haigh House (residential
block across Crabtree Lane)
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50m / 55yds*
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St Clement’s church and Mouse
House Kindergarten
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89m / 97yds*
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Millie’s House nursery
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300m / 328yds*
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Charing Cross Hospital complex
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300m / 328yds**
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Melcombe Primary School and
children’s centre
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310m / 339yds*
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Fulham Cross Girls School (north
entrance, Strode Rd)
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380m / 415yds*
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Queens Manor School
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650m / 710yds*
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Fulham
Cross Boys School
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1.3km / 1421yds*
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Hospital proper about 50% further, complex nearer than Melcombe
Immediate cell range
up to 500m (micro cell), typical macro cell range from 2500m
NB No figures
for mast power or exclusion zone (safe distance) supplied by applicant.
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● This is important
as children's bodies are still
developing and they are more vulnerable to mast radiation effects. A Chief Medical
Officer has called for minimising their exposure.
(To date, fortunately mast radiation
readings in the Fulham Palace Rd area have been some of the lowest taken in
the borough. Elsewhere readings already peak at well above safety limits –
and are rising. Some snapshots below, more information on request.)
RADIATION LEVELS RISING IN THE BOROUGH…
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5.558V/m outside the
Care
Home, Farm Lane.
(left)
4.724V/m
outside
Ibis Hotel, Lillie Rd
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3.999V/m outside Thomas’s
Day School, Hugon Rd (Residents
recently stopped the same proposer putting rooftop masts close to the
school.)
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These figures are all well above
internationally-recognised limits for prolonged exposure
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Resolution
1815 (2011) Final version
‘The potential dangers
of electromagnetic fields and their effect on the environment’
calls to
8.2.1. set preventive
thresholds for levels of long-term exposure to microwaves in all indoor
areas in accordance with the precautionary principle, not exceeding
0.6 volts per metre, and in the medium term to reduce it to
0.2 volts per metre;
The worst figure is nearly ten times the limit – we don’t
need any more masts, thanks!
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● Visual impact: The proposed masts would add a massive 3.5m / over
11 feet to the building’s height. The applicant admits that they would
be visible but covered with ‘GRP shrouding’ – i.e. fibre-glass plastic
screening. Their proposal does not give a picture illustrating what it will
all look like, but drops the clue it might be grey.
It would
look bulky on top of the roof, perhaps even more intrusive than just the
masts. The mass would extend to the equivalent of about 2 storeys above the
main building roof line.
This is
totally out of keeping with the look of the building and would detract from
the view from the
Crabtree conservation area.
● Conservation: Trees
within
range would also suffer the harmful effects of radiation. They are a key
part of the character of the area and provide environmental benefits.
International studies show that they
would be harmed by radiation levels already being recorded against masts in
our Borough.
● Missing information: The proposal does not give expected technical
details like the masts’ power or the safe distance required (‘exclusion
zone’)
(‘Macro cell’ range is typically seen as
up to 2.5km / 1.55 miles, which would cover much of Fulham to the west of
North End Rd, much of Hammersmith & West Kensington, and parts of
Barnes.)
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