Backyard Mast Dispute in Yorkshire | Sheffield News

For two decades, Gary Michael Ellis has proudly stood by his backyard amateur radio mast in Yorkshire — until the council flipped the script, calling recent repairs a “material alteration” that erased its legal status as an existing structure. Despite his neighbor’s testimony and unchanged height, the council insists the mast’s 2023-24 upgrades made it a new development. Gary’s application? Denied — but not without a lifeline: he can still seek retrospective planning permission to keep his hobby alive. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/3444c2a012915406