All agents'boards to be banned in most of West London
News Category: Industry News
Published: 15-Sep-2010
Agents’ signs have been banned from much of west London after 23 conservation areas have been declared board-free zones.
Two councils, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea, won Government permission for the restrictions, which will create Britain’s biggest board-free area.
The restrictions, covering an area between Olympia and Fulham, will come into force shortly. Hammersmith & Fulham already had bans in two conservation areas, but will add four more on October 5 after applying successfully under the Town and Country Planning Act.
New restrictions in Kensington & Chelsea come into effect on September 27 and will mean that over half the borough will be board-free.
The restrictions apply to all agents’ boards including To Let, For Sale and Sold signs.
Hammersmith & Fulham councillor Nicholas Botterill said: “This is a victory for every resident who has had to put up with multiple, tatty, ugly and large signs that make roads look cluttered and shabby.”
Estate agents in central London are now bracing themselves for further widespread bans, although some agents, including Ed Mead of Douglas & Gordon, have said they would welcome such a move.
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