Eyesore-For sale signage

[Morts 17]

This ruling varies from council to council. I believe that only one estate agent sign per property is allowed and it is the first sign to be erected that takes priority.

The sign erector companies, not the estate agents, do get away with a lot.

Take a photo of the problem signs and raise the matter with your local council. I would suggest Borough Council, and hopefully you will get an answer to this problem issue.

[Johnnybrew 12]

We had a collection of these signs on our estate. They kept 'disappearing'. It's all a big mystery.

[Cyclone 10]

We had a collection of these signs on our estate. They kept 'disappearing'. It's all a big mystery.

 

Bonfire night coming up soon!

[Morts 17]

TBH it makes you wonder why this old fashioned system of advertising is still used. Gone are the days of prospective purchasers driving around looking for houses for sale via the boards. It only takes seconds to get all the information from Right Move and other web sites.

Yes, bonfire night soon!

[dutch 68]

TBH it makes you wonder why this old fashioned system of advertising is still used. Gone are the days of prospective purchasers driving around looking for houses for sale via the boards. It only takes seconds to get all the information from Right Move and other web sites.

Yes, bonfire night soon!

 

There are still many people who are not looking for another house online who pass by, see the sign and suddenly get seriously interested.

[BigAl1 143]

Where I lived some time ago in London there was a rule about only one sign per house (garden) and there was also a limit on how long the "sold" sign could be left

[BigAl1 143]

Obviously no bonfires around here as now 7th one has appeared

 

Have notified the council

[geared 303]

Why are they even being put on the corner?

It's a fairly large estate, the actual house thats for sale could be anywhere in there.

 

If you've never been there before you might drive past the estate entrance the first time, but it's not something you'd completely miss and be unable to find.

[max 13]

Why are they even being put on the corner?

It's a fairly large estate, the actual house thats for sale could be anywhere in there.

 

If you've never been there before you might drive past the estate entrance the first time, but it's not something you'd completely miss and be unable to find.

 

There are speed bumps throughout the estate so it's less likely people will drive through on the off chance that a house for sale has sprung up.Spotting a new sign on the entrance could encourage the effort.

 

It doesn't make it right though, it's still public property and they shouldn't be there.

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

This ruling varies from council to council. I believe that only one estate agent sign per property is allowed and it is the first sign to be erected that takes priority.

Signage excessive as to quantity or duration may breach Planning Control legislation which does not vary from place to place (except e.g. in Conservation Areas,, AONBs, and at Listed Buildings).

[biotechpete 10]

Under what power can the council demand the removal of estate agent signs in gardens?

 

I guess this one:

 

Anyone who displays an advertisement in contravention of the Regulations commits an offence. For example, by displaying an advert without the necessary consent or without complying with the conditions attached to that consent. It is then immediately open to the local planning authority to bring a prosecution in the Magistrates’ Court for an offence under section 224 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The penalty on conviction for the offence is at level 4 on the standard scale (current maximum £2,500) and in the case of a continuing offence a further daily fine of up to a maximum of one tenth of that amount (£250) until the contravention ends.

 

Schedule 3 of Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.

 

Miscellaneous temporary advertisements

Description

3A. An advertisement relating to the sale or letting, for residential, agricultural, industrial or commercial use or for development for such use, of the land or premises on which it is displayed.

 

Conditions and Limitations

3A. —

 

(1) Not more than one advertisement, consisting of a single board or two joined boards, is permitted; and where more than one advertisement is displayed, the first to be displayed shall be taken to be the one permitted.

 

(2) No advertisement may be displayed indicating that land or premises have been sold or let, other than by the addition to an existing advertisement of a statement that a sale or letting has been agreed, or that the land or premises have been sold or let, subject to contract.

 

(3) The advertisement shall be removed within 14 days after the completion of a sale or the grant of a tenancy.

 

(4) No advertisement may exceed in area—

 

(a)where the advertisement relates to residential use or development,0.5 square metre or, in the case of two joined boards, 0.6 square metre in aggregate;

(b)where the advertisement relates to any other use or development, 2 square metres or, in the case of two joined boards, 2.3 square metres in aggregate.

(5) Where the advertisement is displayed on a building, the maximum projection permitted from the face of the building is 1 metre.

 

(6) Illumination is not permitted.

 

(7) No character or symbol on the advertisement may be more than 0.75 metre in height, or 0.3 metre in an area of special control.

 

( No part of the advertisement may be higher above ground level than4.6 metres, or 3.6 metres in an area of special control or, in the case of a sale or letting of part only of a building, the lowest level of that part of the building on which display is reasonably practicable[/Quote]

[Cyclone 10]

I think I asked that question when it wasn't clear that the signs were not on private property, nor that there were a large collection of them.

Interesting though that those regulations would actually prohibit having 2 for sale signs, even if you were engaged with two different companies to sell.