ANGER has erupted in Horsforth after yet another planning application for a mobile phone mast for the town was submitted - the second in seven days.

Plans for three antennae and an equipment cabin on top of Victoria Wine in Long Row were submitted - and residents have just 14 days to make their comments.

Last week, the Wharfedale Observer featured similar plans for six antennae and four dishes on top of the telephone exchange at the junction of Featherbank Lane and New Road Side, which has met with anger and exasperation by townsfolk.

Councillor Brian Cleasby (Lib Dem, Horsforth) said: "It is absolutely incredible - it's getting to the stage where all these masts are spoiling Horsforth.

"What I find amazing is that mobile phone masts are laying people off because of a lack of sales. They have obviously over-advertised their products and the demand isn't there - they have over-egged the pudding so to speak.

"I shall be putting in my objections to both this latest plan and the Featherbank one. They are both in residential areas and I still have concerns about the health implications.

"About half of the scientific community say there are no health problems, and the other half say that there might be. It seems to me that there could well be and that nothing has been disproved."

Coun Cleasby said that there were only 14 days left for residents to get their objections in as the plan would be decided at the next planning meeting at the start of May. He is also leafleting the area to inform people about the plans.

Residents concerned about both sets of masts can see the plans at Coun Cleasby's next surgery on Monday at the Mechanics' Institute in Town Street (7pm).