PLANS to install a mobile phone mast on an industrial estate near Durham have been rejected.
The 15-metre high mast would have allowed Vodafone to improve its coverage in Sacriston and surrounding areas and introduce 3G technology.
Daly International UK, which is behind plans to introduce the mast, wanted to install the mast on land owned by Chester-le-Street District Council, at Sacriston Industrial Estate, on Plawsworth Road.
But the council was unhappy that with the structure's three antenna, the mast would reach about 17.5 metres in height.
They also felt the structure would be "imposing, overbear-ing and dominating on the skyline".
The council agreed to refuse permission for the mast at a planning meeting on Monday
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