Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Viggo Terling
“You would be forgiven, while walking down the street, for not stopping at every lamppost to read the hastily printed notices fastened to our street furniture. When you walk into a pub, restaurant, nail salon or shop, you would also be forgiven for completely ignoring the hastily printed letter from the council regarding planning application number 26/03570/FULL, for example. When erected on street furniture, the ink usually runs, and the notices collect dust, soot, cigarette stubs and chewing gum. Rather ugly indeed. What are these eminently ignorable wastes of fine British fir? They are planning notices. … There is no need for physical planning notices. They do not help anyone, and they make our public realm messier and uglier.” (07/18/26)
https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/why-the-government-makes-our-streets-a-little-uglier