I am very glad to hear that Oldham Council have suspended telecommunications development in the borough while health and safety checks take place.
We have been calling for checks like this to take place for a long time now and have been working with different levels of government to see change to the National Planning Policy Framework and to find better ways to improve local connectivity – ways which greatly minimise current disruption.
The work I have done in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton – such as writing to the minister when in opposition, requesting and leading a Westminster Hall debate on the issue, and attending a digital infrastructure roundtable – can be seen in more detail on my website at https://jimmcmahon.co.uk/…/5g-telecommunications…/
I encourage local people to remain vigilant and report any issue with a specific site they may have me. This can be done at jim.mcmahon.mp@parliament.uk and queries raised can be addressed as a matter of urgency by my constituency team.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 