THIS phone mast is not out fault, says the business getting the blame after a council mistake.

Penketh Fencing and Sheds has been getting stick from customers after a letter went out saying a Vodaphone mast would be put on their land on Warrington Road.

But the mast will actually be on a scrap of wasteland outside the front of the yard by the bus stop.

Worker Jimmy Murphy said: "The council has got it wrong. It's a total joke. We don't want it here, sitting outside, blasting us with rays."

And employee Jane Murphy said: "People are stopping our lads in the vans to say 'what is your business up to?'.

"But it's nothing to do with us. The borough council sent a letter to everyone saying it is on our land."

Angry residents at a meeting of Penketh Parish Council last Monday blamed the firm after getting the letter.

They wanted the parish council to fight this mast and any other masts.

Parish councillors explained they cannot object to masts on health grounds because the phone companies will always win on appeal.

They can only object on aesthetic grounds because the major study into potential health risks associated with phone masts was inconclusive.

Clr Linda Dirir told the anxious residents: "We are not happy about it and there's not much we can do about it."

The parish council clerk explained the only options available are offering the phone company an alternative site or taking the objections to the House of Commons.

The council agreed to write to Helen Southworth MP.

John Groves, head of developmental control at the borough council, said: "Unfortunately, when the public was first consulted about this application, a neighbour notification letter was sent out on July 1, which failed to accurately describe the location of the site.

"The council remedied this and by July 6 everyone who received the initial notification letter, received a second letter with the correct site address.

"All subsequent correspondence and notifications of the decision contained the corrected site location address. It is hoped that the speedy reaction to this problem has avoided any inconvenience."