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The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1992

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19.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, no advertisements may be displayed in an area of special control unless they fall within—

(a)Classes B to J in Schedule 2;

(b)Classes 1 to 3, 5 to 7 and 9 to 14 in Schedule 3;

(c)paragraph (2) below.

(2) Advertisements of the following descriptions displayed with express consent come within this paragraph—

(a)hoardings or similar structures to be used only for the display of notices relating to local events, activities or entertainments;

(b)any advertisement for the purpose of announcement or direction in relation to buildings or other land in the locality, where reasonably required having regard to the nature and situation of such buildings or other land;

(c)any advertisement required in the interests of public safety;

(d)any advertisement which could be displayed by virtue of paragraph (1)(b) above but for some non-compliance with a condition or limitation imposed by Schedule 3 as respects size, height from the ground, number or illumination or but for a direction under regulation 7;

(e)any advertisement within Class 4A, 4B or 8 in Schedule 3.

(3) Express consent may not be given for the display in an area of special control of an illuminated advertisement falling within sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b) above.

(4) Without prejudice to paragraph (2) above, where an area is designated as an area of special control, advertisements within paragraph (5) below which are being displayed immediately before the relevant order comes into force may continue to be displayed, but only for the period specified in relation thereto in that paragraph.

(5) The advertisements and specified periods mentioned in paragraph (4) above are—

(a)any advertisement within Class 4A or 4B in Schedule 3 for which express consent has not been granted, 5 years from the date on which the order comes into force;

(b)any advertisement within Class 8 for which express consent has not been granted, 1 year from the date on which the order comes into force or 2 years from the date on which the advertisement was first displayed, whichever period expires later;

(c)any advertisement for which express consent has been granted, 6 months from the date on which the order comes into force or for the remainder of the period of the express consent, whichever period expires later.

(6) Nothing in paragraphs (1) to (5) above shall—

(a)affect a notice served at any time under regulation 8;

(b)override any condition imposed on a consent, whereby an advertisement is required to be removed;

(c)restrict the powers of a local planning authority, or of the Secretary of State, in regard to any contravention of these Regulations;

(d)render unlawful the display, pursuant to express consent or to Class 14 in Schedule 3, of an advertisement mentioned in paragraph 2(d) or (e) above.

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I1Reg. 19 in force at 6.4.1992, see reg. 1

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