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

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3C.    Conditions and Limitations.

(1) (a) Not more than one such advertisement shall be displayed at any one time, on each road frontage of the land, in respect of each separate development project, except in the case mentioned in paragraph (4) below.

(b)Where more than one such advertisement is displayed, the first to be displayed on any frontage shall be taken to be the one permitted.

(2) No such advertisement may be displayed except while the relevant works are being carried out.

(3) No such advertisement may exceed in aggregate—

(a)in the case of an advertisement referring to one person—

(i)if the display is more than 10 metres from a highway, 3 square metres in area; or

(ii)in any other case, 2 square metres;

(b)in the case of an advertisement referring to more than one person—

(i)if the display is more than 10 metres from a highway, 3 square metres plus 0.6 square metre for each additional person, or

(ii)in any other case, 2 square metres plus 0.4 square metre for each additional person,

together with 0.2 of the area permitted under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above for the name, if any, of the development project.

(4) Where any such advertisement does not refer to any person carrying out such work, that person may display a separate advertisement with a maximum area of 0.5 square metre, which does so refer, on each frontage of the land for a maximum period of 3 months.

(5) Illumination is not permitted.

(6) No character or symbol on the advertisement may be more than 0.75 metre in height, or 0.3 metre in an area of special control.

(7) No part of the advertisement may be more than 4.6 metres above ground level, or 3.6 metres in an area of special control.

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