advertising

Appeal: ‘Ugly’ billboard next to grade II* listed pub ‘completely unacceptable’

14.02.2020

Matt Moody

advertising | grade II* listed | Heritage | heritage asset | London | pubs | visual amenity

An inspector has called a billboard opposite a historic pub in Camden that has allegedly been in place since 2006 ‘unnecessary and ugly', as well as rejecting the ‘completely unacceptable’ replacement...
Appeal: 30ft advertising screen with living wall would harm public realm

24.07.2019

Matt Moody

advertising | air quality | Environmental | living wall | London | pedestrian safety | Public Realm | public realm

Plans for a digital advertising screen and living wall in Aldgate, central London, would obstruct pedestrians and harm openness, an inspector has ruled, dismissing the structure’s purported air quality...
Appeal: ‘Unacceptable risk’ from digital advertising near motorway slip road

20.11.2018

Matt Moody

advertising | digital infrastructure | Health | Infrastructure - Transport | motorways | road safety | Yorkshire

An inspector has blocked plans to replace two advertising hoardings next to the M621 motorway in Leeds with digital displays, ruling that they could distract drivers negotiating its slip road.
Appeal: Public art installation would harm character of Westminster

18.05.2018

Matt Moody

advertising | arts | Community Infrastructure | conservation area | Heritage | London

An inspector has refused to renew consent for an illuminated art installation on a Victorian building near Westminster Cathedral, ruling that its ‘dominant and intrusive’ appearance outweighed...
Appeal: Temporary scaffolding shroud and ad screen allowed in Brixton

29.03.2018

Matt Moody

advertising | Brixton | Business & Enterprise | conservation area | Heritage | London

An inspector has granted temporary permission for a large advertising screen in Brixton conservation area, as part of a decorative shroud intended to disguise façade restoration works.
Appeal: 80ft digital screen screen refused despite comparisons with Stirling Prize winner

08.12.2017

Matt Moody

advertising | building design | Business & Enterprise | Design | London | visual amenity

A proposal by Pimlico Plumbers to add a large LED screen to the exterior of its South London HQ has been refused, after an inspector ruled that that a similar screen at the nearby Newport Street Gallery did...
Appeal: Digital advert less distracting than five traditional billboards

28.09.2017

advertising | digital | highway safety | North West | Technology

An inspector has allowed plans to replace five traditional billboard adverts with a single animated digital display, ruling that the new display would be less distracting to motorists negotiating a busy...
Appeal: Hammersmith advertising hoarding secures permission

11.07.2017

Huw Morris

advertising | London | London Borough of Hammersmith | London Underground | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | Public Realm

Planning permission has been granted for a 48-sheet LED advertising hoarding on the side of an electricity substation in Hammersmith.
Appeal: Digital advertising screens allowed despite conservation area statement

30.03.2017

advertising | conservation area | digital technology | Infrastructure - Transport | London | Technology

An inspector has given permission for a digital advertising screen in the London conservation area of Newington Green, despite a local authority statement from 2014 that expressly prohibits them.
Appeal: LCD advertising displays ruled too visually disruptive

23.02.2017

advertising | Community Infrastructure | digital technology | East Midlands | highway safety | Infrastructure - Communications | London | Technology

Proposals for two digital advertising displays in London and one in Peterborough have been dismissed this week, as they were ruled too visually disruptive to both to highway safety and amenity.