ANOTHER plan to build a 5G tower in Warndon has been rejected by the council for being too obtrusive.

Worcester City Council has turned down a move by telecommunications firm CK Hutchinson to install a 15-metre 5G pole in Wainwright Avenue in Warndon, Worcester, saying it would be “visually obtrusive.”

The council had suggested moving the 5G tower just over 100 metres away on a roundabout opposite Aspire Academy but telecommunications firm CK Hutchinson did not reply in time.

The new 5G pole, which would have been around twice the size of most lampposts and around three metres higher than the nearest building, was due to be installed just off the A4440 island near the Three Pears Beefeater at junction six of the M5.

The planning application was submitted just a fortnight after a move to install a 5G tower less than a mile away.

A previous plan would have seen a 15-metre pole put up near hundreds of homes on the corner of Windermere Drive and Keswick Drive in Warndon, but the move by CK Hutchinson was turned down.

The telecommunications operator, which is still scouring for a location to install a 5G tower somewhere in Warndon, argued the area does not yet have full 5G coverage and the preferred location in Windermere Drive was a prime spot to be able to provide faster signal for the surrounding houses.

Other locations in Warndon have been excluded by CK Hutchinson Networks including residential locations in Dover Avenue, Stokesay Lane, Tamworth Avenue, Corfe Avenue and Rockingham Lane – all for being too close to homes.

Another location in Berkeley Way near the Worcester Bosch headquarters was also disregarded.

Rejecting the 5G plan earlier this year, the council said building the tall pole in an “extremely prominent location” in front of several houses would be “unsightly” for people and “clutter” the residential streets.

Council planners also said the 5G tower would look “incongruous” and be of “detriment to the area” and would not “integrate effectively.”

The firm had argued the mast would “assimilate well” and “not be detrimental” to the area.