Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1984.
The main changes are—
the general consent to continue the display on sites already in use (regulation 11 of the 1984 Regulations) is replaced by a new consent based on use on 1st April 1974, and not 1st August 1948;
the display of three new classes of advertisements (set out in Schedule 1) relating to four sheet displays on structures on highways, neighbourhood watch schemes and signs directing visitors to house-building sites is authorised without express consent;
with effect from 28th October 1988, stricter provision is made as respects the display of house agents' boards and similar boards indicating that land or premises are for sale or are for letting. The main changes are that only one advertisement is permitted on the land or premises without express consent and, in the case of residential property or land for residential development, that the size of the permitted board is reduced from 2 sq metres to 0.5 sq metre and from 2.3 sq metres to 0.6 sq metre where a joined board is used. The fact that a sale or letting has been made may only be indicated by an addition to an existing board.
The specific conditions relating to the display of advertisements without express consent (set out in regulation 14(2)) are reproduced with amendments. In particular, all house agents' boards and similar boards are required to be removed within a fortnight of completion of a sale or letting.