5G Pilot Planned for Bath City Centre Despite Previous Safety Concerns

Published on June 3, 2024

Despite previously expressing significant safety concerns about the technology, Bath and North East Somerset Council has been awarded a scheme to test 5G in Bath. Announced on Friday, the Bath city centre pilot will involve installing around 20 small cell radio units for 5G on lamp posts and CCTV poles in key locations around the heart of the city. Liberal Democrat councillors and former MP Wera Hobhouse previously voted against planning applications for 5G masts, citing concerns about potential negative health effects, high levels of radiation, and electromagnetic pollution. The 5G pilot in Bath city centre, called “One Word,” is being funded by a £773,132 government grant. The project will need planning permission....

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