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:
“Thousands of boxes have been reinvented as cafes, mini-libraries and defibrillator sites. Communities can adopt most red boxes for just £1.”
The deadline for making representations to BT is November 20.
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