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Manchester City Council have issued a discontinuance notice against three billboards in Manchester. What that means is that the council have essentially removed planning permission for the billboards, and ordered the billboards’ owners – City Outdoor Media – to take them down. …Continue reading Manchester council wins case to remove billboards
Our art exhibition Billboard Dystopia toured the UK in 2025 and is available for conferences, festivals and events in 2026 and 2027. If you’d like to discuss booking the installation, please get in touch via hello [at[ adfreecities.org.uk. You can see previous outings on our events page. To focus attention on the tactics deployed in…Continue reading Billboard Dystopia
The council of Genevan suburb Vernier has voted to remove three quarters of the town’s 172 billboards, including those on private land. Those remaining will be used solely for culture and sport ads….Continue reading “Au revoir, Billboards” says Swiss town Vernier
This story – of outdoor ads against local communities – highlights once again the imbalance of the planning system, the harm done by outdoor advertising, and makes clear why we need urgent reform. …Continue reading Wildstone to push ahead with new billboard in Frome
We argue that the inclusion of light-up eyes in the product in the first place, and the subsequent prominence of this feature in the advert is clearly designed to appeal to children under the age of 18. …Continue reading More irresponsible vape ads reported to the regulator
Update 15th June 2021: Following the refusal of planning permission by Bristol City Council in March 2021, billboard company JCDecaux has appealed to the Planning Inspectorate to over-turn the Council’s decision. The appeal is being dealt with through the ‘Commercial Appeals Process’. Adblock Bristol are looking into options. Update 4th March 2021: This planning application…Continue reading Digital billboard application receives over 240 objections from local residents in Bristol