74ft phone mast planned for industrial site close to Sandwell & Dudley railway station
Plans have been submitted to build a 74ft mobile phone mast close to a Black Country town centre.
Technology company Cornerstone has applied for consent to install the equipment at a site off Roway Lane, Oldbury.
The scheme, just over half a mile from Sandwell & Dudley railway station, will include a single pole, with 12 antennae and two 2ft dishes on top.
There will also be a ground-level compound containing seven cabinets, surrounded by an 8ft fence at the site behind Direct House on the Direct 2 Industrial Park.
The company has cited a letter from technology minister Sir Chris Bryant, which urges local authorities to 'champion' infrastructure development.
The proposals will now be considered by Sandwell Council planners.
