A MOBILE phone mast may be erected in Highams Park.
Vodafone has applied to install the mast in Jubilee Avenue to boost signal in the area after reports of poor coverage.
Mobile phone masts have an approximate signal range of just half a mile, said a spokeswoman for the company, and so the application would not replace the need for another planned mast on a Chingford pub.
Vodafone is set to submit a planning application for the mast at the locally listed Bull on the Green.
The move has been opposed by some parents living nearby who fear the microwaves emitted from the mast could be harmful to schoolchildren.
However, the results of recent scientific studies suggest this is not the case.
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