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All agents' boards to be banned in most of West London

15 September 2010
Written by rosalind renshaw

Agents’ signs have been banned from much of west London after 23 conservation areas have been declared board-free zones.

Two councils, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea, won Government permission for the restrictions, which will create Britain’s biggest board-free area.

The restrictions, covering an area between Olympia and Fulham, will come into force shortly. Hammersmith & Fulham already had bans in two conservation areas, but will add four more on October 5 after applying successfully under the Town and Country Planning Act.

New restrictions in Kensington & Chelsea come into effect on September 27 and will mean that over half the borough will be board-free.

The restrictions apply to all agents’ boards including To Let, For Sale and Sold signs.

Hammersmith & Fulham councillor Nicholas Botterill said: “This is a victory for every resident who has had to put up with multiple, tatty, ugly and large signs that make roads look cluttered and shabby.”

Estate agents in central London are now bracing themselves for further widespread bans, although some agents, including Ed Mead of Douglas & Gordon, have said they would welcome such a move.

Comments

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    Sorry to sound cynical, it won't work! We are in a large village that is part of the Conservation area. If an agent gets a house on in the village they stick the board up despite having been told on numerous occasions before that it is not allowed.
    We don't put boards up here as we aren't allowed to but it does give unfair advantage to the other agents in attracting new listings. It's well worth them doing it as they get about two weeks before they are told to take them down.

    • 16 September 2010 13:23 PM
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    Councils to regulate boards?

    Sounds like a very realistic idea!! Let alone all the cuts we are currently seeing as well!!

    • 16 September 2010 08:59 AM
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    I thought there was legislation in place that only allowed 2 boards (back to back) and that they should be removed as Vin says in 14 days. If owners were to get the local council to enforce this the agents regularly fined would toe the line we do not need them being banned we need enforcement officers with the guts to get out there and do their job not just give a blanket ban. Boards work but overstepping the mark should get penalties.

    • 15 September 2010 20:50 PM
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    We need some enforcement of the current sensible
    board regulations. It is not enforced (or, like a lot of legislation is it unenforcable?) I wonder where you would get trying this ban in the real 'land of the free' -America!

    • 15 September 2010 13:21 PM
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    I would love it here. We have one very dominant agent who is also a bit a 'naughty' with his boards too. I'm not whinging about him being dominant - he's a really good agent - but not seeing his boards all over the town would be great for me. Of course I can also see it from his perspective...

    • 15 September 2010 11:16 AM
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    An interesting move. However not such a bad thing, as with the new rightmove m site, with its GPS function will tell you what is available for sale/rent. Also makes for a even more level playing field. getting rid of agents who abuse the 14 day rule. OR having a board stuck up for 6-8 months in some cases. Also a vendor may call in another agent who does not have a major board presence, so that has to be a plus for the smaller independants. PLUS just think of the cost savings!! NO initial boards or payments for movements.

    • 15 September 2010 11:05 AM
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    How can the council get away from this! another helping hand from the public sector...no wonder they will be getting cut back for making silly decisions such as this.I wonder if they will ban adverts at bus stops and window displays too???

    • 15 September 2010 10:06 AM
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