The UK government is planning to remove important planning rules governing whether new outdoor advertising billboards are granted planning permission by local councils. In order to protect communities from intrusive digital advertising screens that are encroaching on our public spaces, we need to strengthen the existing rules, not remove them.

On the next page, we have a template consultation response letter that you can send to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - calling for the cumulative impact of outdoor advertising to be left in.