Signs/advertisements etc. on approach to Carrick

pog it

I'm increasingly saddened by the amount of signs that have been put up outside and all around the shopping area across the road from GAA park- you know the one. KFC are joining in on the Leitrim gang bang that it is.

Anyway, to my eyes it looks ugly, they're haphazardly thrown around, kfc have three signs within a tiny area- 2 on the roundabout, one massive one in front of entrance to the shopping area, and then those machine advertisements, you know the ones with the orange writing digitally coming up? And then there's the coffee shop van with the advertisement all over it, and the huge cardboardy thing over the coffee shop..

Does anyone know are they breaking any type of law with all of this? Any policy, or whatever? Is there a best practice code for this kind of thing?

Does it piss anyone else of??

muffler

Planning regulations dictate permissible signage associated with a business. Some signs can be exempt from planning - see here

Most planning Authorities now adopt a local policy in relation to signage in their County Development Plans which most likely is available for viewing online.

Donegal Co. Council did a big clean up of unauthorised signs a couple of years ago. They basically photographed every sign and sent a letter with a copy of the photo attached to the owner and give them 14 days to remove it or face prosecution.

They did however allow a select few on the approach roads to the towns and villages with a novel idea of allowing a particular business to erect a sign (fixed size) for their business on open space/wide verges/bypassed stretches of roads etc. In return the business concerned agreed to maintain that particular piece of land on an annual basis.

pog it

coincidentally, the signs I was talking about are all down.

I'd love to know who brought that about, but god bless them