CouncilFly-posting
Fly-posting is the erection of posters on trees, street furniture, post boxes, walls, buildings, utility boxes and telephone boxes and kiosks without the permission of the owner. Fly-posting is an illegal, anti-social activity that creates a negative impression of an area and contributes to people's fear of crime.
The council has a graffiti and fly-posting team to deal with this issue which was set up in November 2004. The council’s team removes illegally located posters, while enforcement options are being considered.
Other councils are also attempting to deal with the serious nature of this anti-social activity. There was a landmark court ruling made in the London Borough of Camden regarding the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) against fly-posting companies. For more information, please refer to the news article on the court ruling made in Camden on the Camden council’s website.
If you would like any unsightly fly-posting removed from council property, private property or street furniture, please use the contact details below.
Related services
Please refer to the Tower Hamlets web pages on:
ENCAMS - Environmental campaigns
ENCAMS (Environmental Campaigns) is an environmental charity which aims to achieve litter free and sustainable environments. The organisation believes that improving the quality of the local environment and public spaces and the correlation to anti-social behaviour, impacts directly on people's quality of life and the way people feel about themselves and their community.
Anti-social behaviour includes litter dropping, vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting. To find out more about the ENCAMS campaign against fly-posting and its Keep Britain tidy programme, please refer to the ENCAMS website.
Further information
For further information or to report any fly-posting, please contact the Tower Hamlets customer contact centre on:
Tel: 020 7364 5004
E-mail: generalenquiries@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Pid No: 588
