Planning enforcement proceedings against unauthorised advertisments aren't necessarily the most exciting of subjects, but for once a threat of legal action by TDC has got widespread attention. The reason - the advert in question is 100,000 sq ft large and is depicting a a silhouette of a naked lap dancer. A marketing agency have painted the advert for a lap dancing website on a farmer's field under the Gatwick flight path without planning permission and TDC is now taking action to get them to remove it.
I suspect my weekly council news cuttings will be a bit thicker than normal this week as the story is being covered by newspapers as far a afield (pardon the pun) as Texas and Australia.
