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Aug 2023
BT reveals plans to remove two rural phone boxes
BT Group has revealed plans to remove two payphones from rural locations near Ripon.
The company has applied to North Yorkshire Council for planning permission to take away phone boxes in Grantley and Winksley.
According to planning documents submitted in support of the application, the Winksley phone box has not been used for any calls in the last 12 months, while the one in Grantley has been used five times.
People have 90 days to object to the plans.
Planning documents say communities can also apply to adopt phone boxes and transform their use. They add:
The deadline for making representations to BT is November 20.
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