Who controls outdoor signs and advertisements?
How do I apply for planning consent for an outdoor sign or advertisement? What can I do if the planning authority refuses consent? Who do I ask about ‘brown signs’? What is an outdoor sign or advertisement? The advertisement control system covers a very wide range of advertisements and signs including: posters and notices placards and boards fascia signs and projecting signs pole signs and canopy signs models and devices advance signs and directional signs estate agents’ boards captive balloon advertising (not balloons in flight) flag advertisements price markers and price displays traffic signs town and village name-signs Memorials and railway signals are not regarded as advertisements Do I need planning consent for all outdoor signs and advertisements? You do not need planning consent for all sorts of outdoor sign or advertisement. There are three different groups of outdoor advertisement, i.e. Advertisements which the rules deliberately exclude from the planning authority’s control
