AS someone who is concerned about ugly, intrusive signs in town and rural settings, leaving the creeping blight of A-boards aside, I write to draw attention to the visual intrusive clutter caused by two other forms of private sign displays.

Firstly, who was it some time ago that thought it was acceptable to plonk then-white, large, sticky squares on to, and partly obliterating, existing highway signs pointing up Eastgate, which have remained there ever since and are now irremovable?

On the same road, someone (else?) has twice attached triangle pointers, which were originally red before they faded to orange, then to off-white, on to existing signs and telegraph posts up Eastgate and onward into Hexhamshire?

At one turning, there were seven triangular arrows, would you believe?

I’m sure no-one minds the short-term use of arrows for an event if they are promptly removed afterwards, but they are nothing short of ugly, selfish clutter when left permanently in place.

On a larger scale, why should estate agents give themselves the right to erect illegal three metre high “for sale” signs at rural junctions some distance away from the actual property for sale, which already has a “for sale” sign in the garden?

All that’s needed is to provide the postcode in the sale details and potential buyers will navigate there using GPS.

Rural properties aren’t cheap and it’s very unlikely potential buyers wouldn’t have a GPS, but if not, an A4 printed map can be made available.

The “for sale” signs which eventually are changed to say “under offer”, then “sold”, are nothing short of free, ugly advertising displays which could be in situ for four months plus.

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