A mobile phone operator has warned that a temporary mast may be needed to maintain services in Bishop’s Stortford. EE is making a renewed attempt to build a new 30m tower on land east of London Road to serve customers in the Hockerill area. It has asked East Herts Council to approve the telecommunications application, despite the authority’s refusal of an almost identical plan in April 2023. That decision was upheld by an inspector at appeal in March 2024. The independent scrutineer backed the district’s concerns about the siting and appearance of the installation and its impact on the charact…