Telecomms – Beasley's Place

Freeview—Free-to-Air

Seems that something might be in the air for major changes to UK Freeview in the not too distant future.

It would appear that the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC23) currently being held in Dubai will make a decision as to the future of Freeview in UK as we know it. In a battle that is going on between free-to-air broadcasters and mobile phone companies, everyone wants a slice of the Radio Frequency Spectrum.

Let’s hope common sense prevails and we don’t have to move to something else to watch free-to-air services after 2030.

Microplastics are everywhere, already discovered in the placentas of pregnant humans, they now appear to be being sucked up into clouds and distributed around the globe with a potential to affect weather patterns.

It seems that the human race still does not seem to understand the impact that our behaviours are having on the planet.

More has to be done to wake us all up!

Talking about pollution. I was amazed to see these series of comparison images of pollutions in Delhi this month.

Truly horrendous pictures that bring home just how much harm we are doing to the planets’ atmosphere.

Reminded me of the Smogs of the 1950’s in London.

View looking into Fulmer Close

Much to the consternation of local people, the Telecommunications Mast in Redhatch Copse, objected to by just about everybody during the Planning Application phase has finally been erected.

Not only does it seem to be placed closer to houses in the Fulmer Close and Sibley Park Road than it looked like it would be from the plans submitted to Wokingham Council Planning Department. We also now get to see what a 30 Meter mast looks like in reality! Clearly the ‘test’ pictures submitted in the Visual Impact Assessment along with the planning application showed little of the impact that the steel structure now appears to deliver. Was that a deliberate ploy?

View looking from Sibley Park Road

I understood that from 2013, local residents were going to be in a ‘real’ position to influence planning application decisions where they would have a direct and detrimental impact to the local environment. It appears that this is one example where that did not apply.

One wonders now, just how much impact the development of the houses on the Sibley Hall grounds will be when it goes ahead. Let alone the demolition of Sibley Hall itself. Clearly the impact to the local surroundings will be much higher than we have been led to believe based on the images, surveys and planning application information that was submitted and granted despite much local resident opposition.

What a difference moving the aerials from Sibley Hall has made.

Well done Wokingham Council, thanks for another job well done.

Category: Telecomms

It caught my eye… 5–2023

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