‘Currently, if you object to a proposed 5G mast installation to your Local Planning Authority, citing the adverse health effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs), your comments will be “duly noted”. In effect, this means they will not be taken into account by the planning officer making the decision, even though there may be 60 or more objections and hardly any supporting comments.  This could be about to change, due to the hard work put in by Steven Thomas (representing himself) in a judicial review against Cheltenham Council, after which Judge Jarman ruled partly in his favour.

Around 22 years ago, Mr Thomas sustained a serious head injury, fracturing his skull in a car accident. He now has a titanium implant in his skull, which until recently did not affect his health unduly. However in 2021 he moved into a flat in Cheltenham which had two 5G rooftop masts in its vicinity, each about 100 metres away. He began to experience severe migraines, insomnia, dizziness, tinnitus and even nosebleeds. This has since got progressively worse and he has to reside with friends and family, when his symptoms become unbearable.  At the end of 2021, he asked the council to make various interventions on his behalf, but with no success.’

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