§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will introduce legislation to enable local authorities to regulate poster displays on shop windows, especially in built-up and urban areas where the windows are used mainly for the display of advertising matter.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations, 1969, already give local planning authorities powers to regulate these displays. Usually, by virtue of Regulation 12, the posters may be displayed without prior consent, but if the local planning authority considers that the display causes a substantial injury to amenity or a danger to the public it may serve a notice under Regulation 16 requiring the discontinuance of the display. There is a right of appeal to the Secretary of State against a discontinuance notice, and the notice does not have effect pending the determination or withdrawal of an appeal.