It is criminal offence to display an advertisement without consent.Īll advertisements are subject to the standard conditions set out in Schedule 2 to the Regulations. Express consent is also required to display an advertisement that does not comply with the specific conditions and limitations on the class that the advertisement would otherwise have consent under. If a proposed advertisement does not fall into one of the Classes in Schedule 1 or Schedule 3 to the Regulations, consent must be applied for and obtained from the local planning authority (referred to as express consent in the Regulations). Advertisements which require express consent Local planning authorities can, however, restrict the use of deemed consent which distinguishes these from the classes of advertisement set out in Schedule 1 to the Regulations. Each class has its own criteria and conditions which must be met and provided that the advertisement in question conforms to all of the relevant provisions in a class, consent is not required from the local planning authority. There are another 16 classes of advertisement, contained in Schedule 3 to the Regulations (as amended) which do not need consent from the local planning authority provided that they comply with further restrictions (referred to as “deemed consent” in the Regulations). Subject to meeting these, the advertisements can be displayed without requiring approval from the local planning authority. There are 9 different classes (Class A to I) of advertisement, contained in Schedule 1 ( as amended) to the Regulations, which do not require express consent from the local planning authority, provided that certain criteria and conditions are met. In detail: Advertisements which do not require deemed consent or express consent Those which require the express consent of the local planning authority.Those permitted without requiring either deemed or express consent from the local planning authority.There are 3 categories of advertisement consent: Revision date: 06 03 2014 Requirements for consent How is consent obtained to display advertisements? Some additional detail on the meaning of the term ‘advertisement’ is provided in the Regulations. “any word, letter, model, sign, placard, board, notice, awning, blind, device or representation, whether illuminated or not, in the nature of, and employed wholly or partly for the purposes of, advertisement, announcement or direction, and (without prejudice to the previous provisions of this definition) includes any hoarding or similar structure used or designed, or adapted for use and anything else principally used, or designed or adapted principally for use, for the display of advertisements.” Revision date: 06 03 2014 What is the definition of an advertisement?įor planning purposes, ‘advertisement’ is defined in section 336(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) as: In this section, “the Regulations” means the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (as amended), and any reference to an individual regulation means the regulation as specified.Īdvertisements are controlled with reference to their effect on amenity and public safety only, so the regime is lighter touch than the system for obtaining planning permission for development. This is principally set out in the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.
The display of advertisements is subject to a separate consent process within the planning system. Definition of an advertisement Background If you’d like an email alert when changes are made to planning guidance please subscribe. Where plans are being prepared under the transitional arrangements set out in Annex 1 to the revised National Planning Policy Framework, the policies in the previous version of the framework published in 2012 will continue to apply, as will any previous guidance which has been superseded since the new framework was published in July 2018.
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