A homeowner has won a ‘David vs Goliath’ battle with a broadband supplier which agreed to take down a 40ft-high pole it erected at the end of his drive without consultation.
Philip Waller, 65, went "ballistic" when he came home to find that Connexin had put up the pole just 16 feet (5m) from his living room bay windows.
The grandad-of-ten, from Barnsley, South Yorks., then spent weeks gathering dozens of objection letters from neighbours and lodged complaints with councillors.
And though he was originally rebuffed by the company, Barnsley Council later confirmed it had been put up without “due process” and ordered its removal.
Relieved Philip, who had feared his £300,000 bungalow would be left "worthless" if the pole stayed up, said: “It is a bit of a ‘David and Goliath’ situation.
