A ‘For Sale’ sign erected in a central conservation area has landed a Brighton estate agents with fines and court costs of nearly £1,000.
Sawyer & Co Sales and Lettings Ltd admitted in court to erecting the board on Howard Place, despite being warned by Brighton & Hove City Council following a similar incident on Buckingham Place.
The company was fined £325 and ordered to pay £610 court costs and £32.50 victim surcharge.
Councillor Phélim MacCafferty, Chair of planning, said:
“This prosecution shows that our planning officers are committed to enforcing the ban on estate agent boards within the central conservation areas.
“I would like to thank the majority of estate agents who are complying with the regulations. This prosecution should give them confidence that court action will continue to be taken against those estate agents that fail to comply with the regulations.”
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