Decision details

The Assembly will be asked to adopt London Councils’ guidance relating to new powers in the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2013 which would enable the Council to give building owners’ notice of plans to put up signs and lights on private buildings, as a way of reducing the need to erect lampposts and signposts on the pavement.

The Cabinet Member for Regeneration introduced a report regarding the adoption of London Councils’ Code of Practice for Affixing Traffic Signs and Street Lighting to Buildings in London.

The Assembly resolved to:

(i)  Note the new powers in the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2013 (the 2013 Act) with regard to the erection of signage and street lighting on buildings in private ownership;

(ii)  Agree to adopt the London Council’s Code of Practice “Affixing Traffic Signs and Street Lighting to Buildings in London” in relation to the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2013 Part 2(4) with effect from 1 February 2016 to enable the Council to exercise the new powers; and

(iii)  Authorise the Strategic Director of Customer, Commercial and Service Delivery to publish notice of the passing of the resolution in (ii) above, in accordance with the requirements of section 3(4) of the 2013 Act.