A proposal to put a 15m phone mast near to where David Bowie rose to stardom has been met with fury.

The Edwardian bandstand, where Bowie performed in 1969, is based in Croydon Road Recreation Ground.

Vodafone currently has a 11.5m mast in nearby Croydon Road but the company wants to remove it before replacing it with a 15m pole.

More telecommunication cabinets would also be installed with the new pole, which some residents believe could be dangerous for road users.

Dolores Turner, 41, is one of seven people who has written objections on the planning application.

She told News Shopper: “I’m a Bowie fan and my young kids are too which I think is great.

“It’s about protecting the heritage of this beautiful park so we are asking Bromley Council to reject the proposal.”

The bandstand was the location of the famous free open-air festival in 1969, and Friends of Beckenham Recreation Ground are currently trying to restore it to its former glory.

More than £66,000 has already been donated to make the site a tribute to Bowie and for future musicians to follow in his footsteps.

Dolores has lived in Croydon Road for six years and said the current 11.5 pole, which was installed last year, is already “strikingly intrusive”.

She believes it is a “visual encroachment” on what is a historic street.

Another objector, Caroline Beckett, wrote: “It will be an eyesore and potentially increasing the risk of what has become an accident blackspot.”

Resident Assia Donovan added: “Since the installation of the current pole my family has witnessed two accidents.

“One of which my 13-year-old son had just finished school and on his way home when a motorcyclist was hit by a car and crashed into the railing of Croydon Road Recreation Ground next to the pole and the cabinet.

“Another time we witnessed a driver crash into the cabinet in the middle of the afternoon and recently a car crashed into a bollard in the corner of Belmont Road just out my front door.”

However, Vodafone insists this is “the most suitable site option and design that balances operational need and local planning policies”.