Whats the point councils can barely enforce flouting of major planning laws already never mind minor stuff like this
Down my street, there is a kebab takeaway. He has two hanging illuminated signs. Hounslow council says only 1 is allowed per shop according to their policy on shops and highstreets. The shop is hanging these illegal signs from the corbels - also not allowed according to Hounslow Council guidelines. His shop makes my street look like a dump and attracts the wrong kind of person to my street...which is residential, not a high street.
I reported the shop to the council. The council investigated and allocated the complaint to a case officer who found the signs
illegal and also the position they were placed
illegal. Another shop also has an illuminated hanging sign from the first floor flat above the actual shop, also
illegal.
After me harassing the Council to tell me what the outcome was, they finally sent me a letter. They said all the things reported were indeed
illegal, but because they had been in place for over 10 years,
they cannot do anything.
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