A planned 5G telephone mast will “tower over” a neighbour’s garden, no more than ten metres from his conservatory, he has said.

Cignal Infrastructure wants to build a 15-metre-high pole on Ringmead in Great Hollands, opposite Appledore – a location it says won’t overly harm the appearance of the surrounding streets.

But Paul Wright, 56, of Ambassador, says the pole will be no more than eight feet directly behind his back garden. He said: “It’s going to be a total eyesore. You don’t realise how tall it’s going to be until you see first-hand how it’s going to look like.

“15 metres high – that’s going to be towering way above the trees. Would you want that at the back of your fence?”

At least 21 people have already submitted letters of objection to Bracknell Forest Council’s planning department, which has yet to decide whether to grant the pole planning permission.

Mr Wright says nobody on Ambassador is in favour of the plans. He said: “Everyone is against it on my street – every single person I talk to.

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“My next-door neighbour is in her eighties and ends a lot of time in her front. She’ll be in eye level with that while watching her TV. That’s all she’ll be focusing on.”

Mr Wright also fears that the attached utility boxes will also be higher than his fence. Plans submitted to Bracknell Forest Council suggest the boxes will be level with his garden fence – though they don’t provide measurements.

Mr Wright said: “If you didn’t have the communication boxes, it would probably just look like a lamp post. But they’re massive. Even if you painted them green you’re still going to know they’re there.”

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In a statement to the council on behalf of Cignal, surveyors Dot Surveying argued that the pole would not “overly detract” from the character of the street.

They acknowledged that building a mast in an urban setting means having to balance between the need to provide 5G coverage with the need to reduce its visual impact.

But they said: “There is an acute need for a new base station to provide effective service coverage and in this case, the height of the proposed street pole is the minimum required to bring the benefits of 5G to this area.

“It is considered that this will not overly detract from the character of the existing streetscape.”

Dot Surveying also said that several other sites around Bracknell had been considered, but were unsuitable due to reasons including a lack of suitable pavements and grass verges, and fears that it could block drivers’ views.