Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Resolved –
In February 2014 the Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee requested that the Executive ‘bring about a change in the Authority’s available powers to deal more effectively with obstruction of the highway’.
Council notes that:
· Bradford Council takes its responsibilities under the Highways Act seriously and under the existing Code of Practice for Advertising Displays any A-board reasonably deemed to constitute a danger to highway users will be removed
· The trial ban of A-boards in Saltaire, Ilkley, Leeds Road and Bradford city centre were effective in reducing the number of A-boards on the highways
· The growing number of Local Authorities introducing bans and other powers to manage the numbers and locations of A-boards on the public highway
Therefore Council proposes:
· To ask the Council’s Executive to implement a full ban on A-boards across the district
· That a report is sent to the Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee to review the effectiveness of the ban 12 months after implementation.
ACTION: Strategic Director Place/City Solicitor (referral to Executive)
Publication date: 18/07/2017
Date of decision: 18/07/2017
Decided at meeting: 18/07/2017 - Council
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