MOBILE phone company Vodafone has been granted planning permission for a phone mast in Marsh Lane, Marston. after taking it to appeal.

The original application for the 15-metre mast was turned down in November last year on the grounds of design and the location.

But after an appeal to the Government's Planning Inspectorate, the construction of the new mast, which will be disguised as a fir tree, will go ahead.