A protest against Penally's controversial Tetra mast looks set to be heading for the High Court. The parents of two profoundly-disabled young people have been granted legal aid to challenge the decision of a Welsh Assembly inspector who allowed an appeal in favour of communications giant Arqiva. Despite 32 other possible sites being suggested, the inspector's decision last month gave the go- ahead for the mast to be erected just yards from The Wheelabout, a Harriet Davis holiday home for disabled children. The two young people, one from The Midlands and the other from Aberdare, who are both in their early 20s, have stayed at the property with their families and were registered as interested parties at the appeal. Although unlikely to be heard before the autumn, the High Court case, to be mounted by Cardiff solicitor, Michael Charles, who represented the Trust at the appeal, looks set to raise important points of law under the Disability Discrimination Act. John Davis, of the Harriet Davis Trust, welcomed news of the High Court challenge. He said: " We are very pleased that the legal aid board has seen fit to fund this case. As a Trust, we have gone as far as we could, but two parents felt strongly about the matter and applied for legal aid to fund their case." Added campaigner Ann Dassen: "We are absolutely delighted that at last some very eminent people have recognised the 'exceptional circumstances' we have been highlighting for the last two years. Michael Charles deserves to win this for The Harriet Davis Trust." Arqiva is also facing another stumbling block in the form of the landowners of the Penally mast site, which is holding off entering into any agreement with the company until all other avenues have been exhausted.
