NBN Co has taken a Perth hills council to a state tribunal in a bid to build a wireless tower 500 metres from a primary school, despite heavy community opposition and claims the company is bullying residents.

The telco giant wants to push forward with plans to build a 50 metre tower on an unused block in Pickering Brook next door to houses and on an adjoining road to Pickering Brook Primary School.

The Shire of Kalamunda is in a legal battle with NBN Co over the position of a proposed 50 metre tower. Credit:Rob Homer

The tower - which would be the equivalent height to a 15-storey high-rise building - would service hundreds of residents, with the area due to have NBN rolled out by early 2017.

Resident Justin Mercy, who lives two doors down from the proposed site, said the situation had become like a scene from the movie, The Castle, claiming NBN Co was "bullying" the community.