MOUNTAINEERS have called on Highland Council to reject a bid to site a phone mast right next to the road in Glen Etive, one of Scotland’s most famed and beautiful glens that leads from the north into Argyll, writes Louise Glen.
Telecomms company EE has sought permission to site a 10metre-high phone mast and ancillary structures at the roadside in the glen, at a prominent corner near the southern end of Buachaille Etive Mor.
Mountaineering Scotland has objected to the planning application, arguing that the mast – and two others being considered for the glen – would be visually intrusive in a landscape that has featured in tourism publicity, and even a James Bond film.