Telford & Wrekin Council Watch - Developers Signs Take Over

Developers Signs Take Over

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Written by johnfranklyn

Saturday, 27 September 2008

Developers Signs Take Over

At Full Council of 25^th September 2008, Councillor Helen Williams raised a genuine concern about signage throughout the Borough.

Fly posting, quite rightly has to be controlled, but unfortunately, the control of signage is having a negative effect.

Telford and Wrekin proudly has a wide range of Charities, Community Groups and events that benefit many, but controls are now so tight they are being adversely affected.

No longer can Charities, Community Groups or event signage be displayed, this in turn has a negative effect on event turnout or even donations made to charities. This in turn leads to cut backs in support that many of these vital community functions can offer to those that need it the most.

The concern here, is the developer who can easily place signage in any locations without being challenged. Yes they maybe acting in accordance with paragraph 11a of the Town and Country planning act, but what they also do is create a visual distraction to many drivers.

Not only has the amount of signage got to be controlled, but also the locations they are situated in needs to be controlled.

As development increases, so do the amount of signs and they are appearing in ever increasing dangerous locations.

Developers signage are appearing by and on roundabouts, in one location there are 9 signs, in another location developers signage blocks speed limit signage.

When asked about it at Full Council, there seemed to be a string of reasons as to why developers can and others cannot.

Developers have a duty of care and so do the council. If Event signage can cause a distraction, so can developers signage.

But there is one subtle difference, the Developer clearly do not display their signage in a safe and responsible manner, whilst charities and events do, but the Council appears to fail in its duty of care to ensure signage is safely displayed.

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ajcobbler - The same old hypocrisy

|Registered |2008-09-28 08:08:55

Once again we see the hypocrisy in society. certain interests can do what they like while others are denied.WHEN IT SUITS SAFETY CAN BE IGNORED.NOT ONLY DOES THIS APPLY TO DEVELOPERS IT IS ALSO THE CASE WITH SPEED CAMERAS AND OTHER OFFICIAL CLUTTER ON THE ROADS.

shropshirelass - Definite Hypocrisy

|SAdministrator |2008-10-06 08:54:12

During the summer, I did some work with the National Trust at Sunnycroft in Wellington and they have had to choose one route into the town along which they would like their brown directional signs placed because 'council policy' is cracking down on road signs (as is clearly shown in the photos above!) They have chosen the route into Wellington from Shrewsbury and the M54 because this is the busiest but consequently, those travelling in on other routes repeatedly report having difficulty in finding Sunnycroft. It seems capitalist interests prevail once again.

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