PLANS to erect new phone masts near two of the borough's primary schools have been submitted to the council.

Orange has asked permission to install a device in Cambridge Park, Wanstead, within yards of St Joseph's Convent School for Girls, while T-Mobile wants to place one in Primrose Road, South Woodford - near Oakdale Junior School.

The plans are part of the annual borough-wide 'roll-out' of phone mast applications which will be considered by each of the council's area committees.

Area one committee, which covers Wanstead and Snaresbrook, will discuss the proposals at its next meeting at Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road, on Monday, January 25.