A homeowner has won a ‘David vs Goliath’ battle with a broadband supplier which agreed to take down a 40ft-high pole it erected at the end of his drive without consultation.<br /><br />Philip Waller, 65, went "ballistic" when he came home to find that Connexin had put up the pole just 16 feet (5m) from his living room bay windows.<br /><br />The grandad-of-ten, from Barnsley, South Yorks., then spent weeks gathering dozens of objection letters from neighbours and lodged complaints with councillors.<br /> <br />And though he was originally rebuffed by the company, Barnsley Council later confirmed it had been put up without “due process” and ordered its removal.<br /><br />Relieved Philip, who had feared his £300,000 bungalow would be left "worthless" if the pole stayed up, said: “It is a bit of a ‘David and Goliath’ situation.
