Policy information sourced from St Albans District Local Plan

78 Advertisement Control

In determining applications for advertisement consent, the District Council will consider the effect of the proposal on local amenity and public safety, as required by the advertisement regulations. Within conservation areas they will also be assessed in the light of Policies 85 and 90;

poster advertising in residential areas, villages and conservation areas will normally he refused; (iii) advertisements which would be detrimental to the special character of the Areas of Special Control will be refused;

where an advertisement benefits from deemed advertisement consent, but is considered by the Council to be a danger to the public or substantially injurious to visual amenity, the Council will serve a discontinuance notice under Regulation 8 of the Advertisement Regulations requiring its removal;

where an advertisement is being displayed without consent and the person displaying the advertisement fails to respond to an invitation, by the Council, to remove it or apply for consent, the Council will normally pursue prosecution.

For more information please see the Local Plan