Bedford Borough Council has said they are investigating illegal signs advertising Winter Wonderland, Bedford that have been fly-posted in the town centre.
Fly-posting is the unauthorised placing of advertising, usually signs, posters or stickers, on property without the permission of the Council or owner. It is an offence under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Highways Act 1980.
At least two illegal placards for Winter Wonderland were seen on street furniture near Bedford’s Riverside North on Horne Lane, which the council has now removed.
Anyone found responsible for an act of fly-posting can be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) of £100.
“We don’t condone fly-posting and we will be investigating these as we do with any other example that we find,” added a spokesperson for the Council. We ask anyone aware of fly-posting to report it to us at bedford.gov.uk/flypostingandgraffiti.”
We contacted the organisers of Winter Wonderland for comment but they did not reply by the time of publication.
