A protest against a mobile phone mast is expected to go ahead despite a council recommendation the planning application should be refused.

Adur District Council has received 264 letters objecting to telecoms firm T-Mobile's plans for a 12m mast at the junction of Downsway and Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham.

Objectors include Shoreham Community Residents Against Masts and the Campaign for Planning Sanity. They fear the mast will have a major impact on the appearance of the area and could pose a health risk.

There are also concerns it could block the view of motorists using the busy junction and harm wildlife including bats, pigmy shrews and stag beetles.

West Sussex County Council's transport officers say refusal would be justified on road safety grounds. They believe a mast so close to the junction could affect safety when maintenance vehicles are parked nearby.

Adur planning officers are also recommending refusal because it would be too close to the junction and homes.

Protestors say they will go ahead with a demonstration ahead of Monday's planning meeting at the civic centre in Ham Road, Shoreham, at 7pm.

Organiser Rod Hotton said: "We are going to demonstrate to reinforce our objections to the application and spur councillors into refusing it."