Overload of estate agent boards in your street? Brent have advised that “LET BY”, “LET”, “SOLD” should be removed within 14 days according to the regulations.
However, if the board is advertising, ”FOR SALE”, “TO LET”, “SALE AGREED” or “SOLD STC”, then according to the advertisement regulations (3A(2) – (please see below highlighted in Black Bold), Brent cannot pursue an enforcement action as it have been displayed in accordance to the planning advertisement regulations, please see below.
Class 3
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.
(8) 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
Email: planningenforcement@brent.gov.uk