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Planning
The simple guide
If you’re involved in sign making (or sign buying) and you’re confused about the myriad rules and regulations covering planning, here’s your answer.
Prepared by the Office of Public Sector Information it provides clear direction to what signs do and what signs don’t need planning permission.
It’s the clearest and most concise guide of signage planning we’ve found to date (but even so it is 37 pages long).
© Office of Public Service Information. Reproduced under terms of PSI licence no. C2007001614
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Planning Matters - New Guides now available
The new BSGA technical guides cover PLANNING are now complete. Members can find and download them in the Members Area. Guideline K 1.1 covers planning matters in England., Guideline K 1.2 covers planning matters in Wales.
Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007
On 8 March 2007, the Department for Communities & Local Government (DCLG) made The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (Statutory Instrument No. 783/2007). The Regulations were laid before Parliament on 15 March and are scheduled to take effect from Friday 6 April 2007.
This means that to all intents and purposes, the 1992 Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations cease to have effect in England however, they will continue in force in Wales.
The 2007 regulations make many changes, most of a technical nature, to the advertisement control regime. Those which will have most impact on BSGA members concern the deemed consent Classes 5 and 6 in Schedule 3. In both Classes, a new overall size limit of 1.55 m2 is imposed for any single sign. Previously there was no individual size limit, although Class 6 was, and is, subject to an overall cumulative total of 4.6 m2. This means that, after 6th April 2007, it will be necessary to seek express consent for any non-illuminated sign on business premises, or on the forecourt of business premises, which exceeds 1.55 m2 in area.
Existing signs which exceed this size are permitted to remain for 5 years and then, if they have by that time been displayed for 10 years, indefinitely. In theory, at the end of the 5 years, any signs which exceed this size should either be removed, or express consent sought for their retention.
The Association’s Planning Consultant is working with the Technical Committee to prepare a Technical Guideline, which summarises and explains the requirements of the 2007 regulations. We will let Members know when this new Guideline has been posted in the Member’s Area of the web site.
In the meantime copies of the Regulations together with the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum, Regulatory Impact Assessment and News Release can be downloaded from the following locations:
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