BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE RULES FOR EVENT ADVERTISING ON LAND AND ROADSIDES – A GUIDE FOR EVENT ORGANISERS
For clarification as to whether you can display a banner to promote your event, you should contact Blaby District Council’s Planning Department (0116 2750555)
IT IS ILLEGAL TO:-
• put up posters, signs or banners on roads, verges, street signs, street furniture, road-side railings or lampposts, where they can cause obstruction, obliterate road signs, distract drivers or cause a danger to pedestrians.
• to fly-post on private land without the consent of the landowner. If the banner requires advertisement consent, permission is required from Blaby District Council.
Blaby District Council, or the landowner, if relevant, have the right to remove fly posters without notifying the person who displayed the poster.
PROMOTING CHARITY EVENTS
Blaby District Council has advised that Section 225 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 obliges them to serve a Removal Notice on any advertising which does not comply with the planning regulations regarding charity event advertisement.
As Countesthorpe Parish Council does not want anyone to be in contravention of the regulations, which could mean that the sign is removed and costs recovered from the advertiser, we are sending details of the regulations as follows:-
Class 3(D) of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 allows temporary notices or signs advertising local events which are for charitable purposes (church fetes, school fetes, sponsored marathon, amateur sports events, etc) but NOT for any commercial purpose (markets, wedding fayres, music events, sales etc).
However, advertisements for Charitable events (which may be religious, educational, cultural, political, social or recreational) should:-
• not be larger than 0.6 square metres in size (anything larger needs consent from Blaby District Council).
• be put out no more than 28 days before the event, and removed within 14 days of the event ending.
• State what the Charity event is in aid of (otherwise it will be considered to be a commercial venture)
• Have the permission of the owner of the land where the banner is erected (including the Highways Authority if the banner or sign is to be placed on highway land)
Banners advertising charitable events are not allowed to be attached to street furniture.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY BUT A DETAILED GUIDE ON PLANNING PERMISSION FOR BANNERS AND SIGNS CAN BE FOUND ON THE GOVERNMENT’S WEBSITE: Outdoor advertisements and signs: a guide for advertisers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Event organisers should consider using alternatives like local radio, newspapers, magazines, and local newsletters.