GP5

Policy: GP5 - Enforcement Action

General Policy 5: Where breaches of planning control occur, and where the Department considers it expedient to do so, enforcement action will be taken in accordance with Part 4 of, and Schedule 4 to the 1999 of the Town and Country Planning Act.

6.6 Advertisements

6.6.1 The Department controls the display of advertisements in the interests of amenity or public safety, under the Control of Advertisements Regulations 2005.

6.6.2 Within our towns and villages, well designed and sensitively sited advertisements can contribute positively to the character of a building or area, and can be of help to the general public. However, advertisements which are too bright, overlarge or poorly sited may endanger safety by distracting or confusing highway users and may, both individually and cumulatively, detract from amenity by being intrusive, by introducing clutter and visual confusion or by masking features of interest or attraction.