Estate agent boards - Removal of deemed consent in specified areas

Belfast City Council has requested the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) to grant a direction under Section 6 of The Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 for the removal of deemed consent for the display of letting boards relating to residential properties, in the following Conservation Areas and Areas of Townscape Character: Holyland Area of Townscape Character. Stranmillis Village Area of Townscape Character. Malone Conservation Sub-Area B: Eglantine/Wellesley/Wellington. Botanic Avenue Area of Townscape Character. Queens Conservation Area; and Rugby Road Area of Townscape Character. Deemed consent for the display of estate agent boards in these areas does not therefore apply. Advertisement consent is therefore required to display a board in these areas; however, the council will strongly resist granting consent due to the impact that boards would have on visual amenity.