Legal vans parked up and used as adverting boards

[B4rnst4ble]

Hi all
I wonder if anyone has advice on the following
For the last 3 weeks a small van has been parked on a main road with big signs attached to it
It hasn't moved day or night and is just being used as advertising
It is tax tested and insured
I know it's not a big problem but it looks crap
Advice welcomed
M

[majordad]

And what about the Trailer part of a large truck placed in a field, what's the position with these as well?

[SS2.]

Some forms of advertising are permitted without consent from the local planning authority, some have 'deemed consent' and some require the express consent of the local authority.

See the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regs 2007.

[WJNB]

B4rnst4ble said:

Hi all
I wonder if anyone has advice on the following
For the last 3 weeks a small van has been parked on a main road with big signs attached to it
It hasn't moved day or night and is just being used as advertising
It is tax tested and insured
I know it's not a big problem but it looks crap
Advice welcomed
M

A brick or two through the windows? The Plod would then regard it as a danger to pedestrians, especially children who might want to play around it & have it removed.

[wolf1]

WJNB said:

A brick or two through the windows? The Plod would then regard it as a danger to pedestrians, especially children who might want to play around it & have it removed.

Bit of a wkerish suggestion really!

[gtidriver]

A baby goods shop owner in Canterbury bought an old escort van,had it sign written and parked it outside someone's house on the main road,her attitude was it's taxed tested and insured so I'll park it where I like. I would have moaned if I lived there as parking was an issue to start with.

[gtidriver]

Some of the shops at Westwood cross in Thanet have been known to buy old bikes place a piece of wood in the frame advertising something, then paint it white and chain it to street furniture.

[kowalski655]

Theres a plumbers in Glasgow that has a tatty broken down van with a bath on the roof, and a truly manky mannequin in the bath
Looks vile,the van doesnt seem to have moved for years, but I have no idea if its taxed.
If it was near me I would not be happy

[anonymous-user]

gtidriver said:

A baby goods shop owner in Canterbury bought an old escort van,had it sign written and parked it outside someone's house on the main road,her attitude was it's taxed tested and insured so I'll park it where I like. I would have moaned if I lived there as parking was an issue to start with.

wolf1 said:

Bit of a wkerish suggestion really!

More wkerish than the baby shop owner or others doing similar "playing" the system ?

[Shelsleyf2]

speedyguy said:

gtidriver said:

A baby goods shop owner in Canterbury bought an old escort van,had it sign written and parked it outside someone's house on the main road,her attitude was it's taxed tested and insured so I'll park it where I like. I would have moaned if I lived there as parking was an issue to start with.

wolf1 said:

Bit of a wkerish suggestion really!

More wkerish than the baby shop owner or others doing similar "playing" the system ?

There is a huge difference between " playing the system" and throwing bricks through the windows of someones property. Maybe the system is being played but they are playing within the law. I wonder, if someone throws bricks through your windows because they have a problem with your actions will you see it as a reasonable response?.

[castroses]

kowalski655 said:

Theres a plumbers in Glasgow that has a tatty broken down van with a bath on the roof, and a truly manky mannequin in the bath
Looks vile,the van doesnt seem to have moved for years, but I have no idea if its taxed.
If it was near me I would not be happy

'Connie's bathrooms' or something like that? They must have half a dozen stty advert vans in that area. Amazed they get away with it.

[kowalski655]

Them's teh buggers,absolutely horrid

[B4rnst4ble]

Has anyone every thought I know I will use there services as they have a crappy van parked at the side of the road
I know it's first world problems but attaching 8x4 sheets of plywood with ads on is taking the pee ! So it looks like it is what it is

[daddy cool]

WJNB said:

A brick or two through the windows?

Dont throw a brick through the windows.






Put a few "Police aware" A4 signs on it, and within 24 hours someone else will have put bricks through the windows for you.

[4rephill]

wolf1 said:

WJNB said:

A brick or two through the windows? The Plod would then regard it as a danger to pedestrians, especially children who might want to play around it & have it removed.

Bit of a wkerish suggestion really!

Oh please! - You don't seriously expect anything better than this type of response on here any more do you?

Whereas Pistonheads used to be a place where you could come and get some decent, sensible advice concerning problems, it has now descended into a place of yob-mentality, where the keyboard warriors suggest that committing criminal acts against someone who has annoyed you (including physical violence!) is perfectly acceptable, because they think it is clever!

The sad part is, this is why so many of the people who used to offer the best, sensible advice have left the site, because of all the idiots who post here now with their Law breaking vigilante nonsense!

[wolf1]

4rephill said:

wolf1 said:

WJNB said:

A brick or two through the windows? The Plod would then regard it as a danger to pedestrians, especially children who might want to play around it & have it removed.

Bit of a wkerish suggestion really!

Oh please! - You don't seriously expect anything better than this type of response on here any more do you?

Whereas Pistonheads used to be a place where you could come and get some decent, sensible advice concerning problems, it has now descended into a place of yob-mentality, where the keyboard warriors suggest that committing criminal acts against someone who has annoyed you (including physical violence!) is perfectly acceptable, because they think it is clever!

The sad part is, this is why so many of the people who used to offer the best, sensible advice have left the site, because of all the idiots who post here now with their Law breaking vigilante nonsense!

You're not wrong there Phill. I would have suggested something along the lines of give it a few weeks and if it hasn't moved ring the number on the van and ask nicely if they could move it on up the road a bit.

[NiceCupOfTea]

There's a signwritten old van at Chislehurst station (I think it's a kit made to look like something vintage) but it's an absolute wreck. Not moved in years and has been vandalised. I often wonder what the deal is with it - must need a parking permit. Can't have a current MOT the state it is in...

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4052831,0.058236...