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Lambeth

Date: 08.08.2002
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Press contact: Isolda Mcneill
Tel: 020 7926 2949
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Press Release

Lambeth blitz on illegal advertisement hoardings

Time is up for unscrupulous advertising companies whose illegal hoardings blight Lambeth's streets and communities. The council's planning enforcement team is clearing the borough of these unwanted and unauthorised eyesores.

Two 'mega' advertisement hoardings, one on the side of The Cricketers pub at Newington Butts and the other at the junction of Thurlow Park and Avenue Road are the team's latest targets. Fresh from the removal of the pub board on August 1, the planning enforcement officers plan to get rid of the other giant structure today, August 6.

This follows successful actions against illegal hoardings at locations across Lambeth, ranging from the largest illegal advertisement display in London on Kennington Road to free-standing displays on the pavement disguised as 'street furniture'. Other advertisement hoardings recently removed include a 'mega' advertisement hoarding in Streatham High Road, a display around the Imax Cinema in Waterloo and another on the front elevation of the Fridge night-club in Brixton.

"Saying bye-bye to Illegal advertisement hoardings helps us in the move to a tidier and better environment for every-one, " said Councillor Andrew Sawdon, Lambeth executive member for community safety, regeneration and transport. "It can be a long-drawn legal process moving against some of the big players. Just as with action against other enviro-crimes, it can take a lot of effort.

"But we will not be deterred from putting in whatever time and effort is needed to deal with this and other envirocrime."

Issued by the Communication Centre
London Borough of Lambeth
Lambeth Town Hall
Brixton Hill
London SW2 1RW
Telephone 020 7926 1000
Fax 020 7926 2835
www.lambeth.gov.uk

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