This letter was written to the Archbishop of Canterbury following a Court of Arches Judgement on a mobile phone mast in the author's local church. We have included this letter as it has been excellently researched and powerfully written, it also contains information which may be helpful to other campaigners facing the same situation. For further information the author of the letter can be contacted by email . To view the letter in full click here

The following comments were extracted from a letter by a local campaigner to highlight the extent of the problem many of you are facing.....

What has happened here in .... is that a hardcore of church officials are determined to have the money at all costs - despite all protests, demonstrations, the outrage of the junior school next door and even a vote of no confidence signed by 1,200 people given wide coverage in the local paper. Ordinary church-goers, once their opposition becomes known, are basically just ostracised and nobody cares whether they cease to attend or not. PCC members who may have had doubts about the idea have simply been replaced. I have not been to church since Easter Sunday last year when, during a point in the service when one is supposed to turn to one's neighbour and wish them well, a member of the PCC sitting near me would only shake my hand while staring fixedly in the opposite direction and rolling her eyes. I have been blanked in the street by people I thought were my friends. This is the real problem for the church of England..