§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley - Davenportasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will give details of the number of appeals by advertising interests dealt with during 1953 under the Control of Advertisements Regulations, 1948; how many of these appeals were 83W dealt with at public hearings and by correspondence, respectively; how many, in each group referred, respectively, to posters, including bulletin boards but not trade signs, public information panels, and to trade signs on the premises of the
Type of Advertisement Total number of appeals decided Number dealt with by hearing Number dealt with by correspondence (a) Dismissed Allowed Dismissed Allowed Posters … 873 134 31 531 177 Public Information Panels … 106 — — 43 63 Trade Signs (b) … 614 29 29 357 199 (94) (2) (1) (57) (34) TOTALS … 1,593 223 1,370 NOTES: (a) Including cases in which the site was visited by an officer of the Department accompanied by representatives of both parties to the appeal. (b) These figures include appeals for direction signs not on the trader's premises, as shown in brackets.