PALMA City Council's Town Planning department gave the go ahead yesterday for a landmark ruling controlling the erection of radioelectric installations which includes a ban on mobile telephone antennas being put up closer than 200 metres to education centres in the capital.
Mayor Aina Calvo said yesterday that she sees the move as being realistic and responsible and has been carried forward in the best possible way to allow maximisation of information on the legality of the city's antennas. She added that the ruling has still to go before a full plenary session of Palma Town Council for approval but the essential approval is already in place. A total of 330 antennas exist the length and breadth of Palma of which only 175 have the correct installation and operation licence; 129 are operating but are technically illegal and 25 have not yet made the necessary applications. Town planning deputy, Ylanda Garvi, gave assurances yesterday that those who fail to secure proper consent will be closed down.
Calvo claimed that since 1st June, 2007 to the present date, a total of 16 antennas have been withdrawn from service, due to many of them not having the correct operating licenses. She asserted that the figures are a step forward because during the term of office of the previous Partido Popular regional government, only one antenna was stripped of its right to function. She added that those people who wish to know the location of the mobile antennas already set up in Palma can go to the City Council's website - www.palmademallorca.es - for an updated guide. Mobile antennas elsewhere on Majorca have caused great concern amongst the public because of their alleged health risks.
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