It is hard to imagine at a time when Liverpool is on the Unesco "In Danger" List that this placement of an advertising hoarding on our Town Hall could be done.
Some time ago the Mayor Anderson helped me remove an advertisement for a giant advert for A Burger In A Bun next to the Listed Lyceum at the bottom of Bold Street.
I have today written to him asking how this unfortunate occasion has been sanctioned.
I wrote this for LPT at the time
Read the letter about illegal hoardings. click above
Mr Anderson,
It is very
disappointing to note that Liverpool's town hall has been turned into a
giant advertising placard for mobile phones.
I know you think that Liverpool's World
Heritage Site status is no more than a plaque on the wall in the Town
Hall and that the city is now about making money out of heritage
sites, but this is a step too far.
You will recall agreeing with me that a
advert for Burger King was inappropriate for the adjacent building to
the Lyceum. You claimed to have it removed.
So how can you find this acceptable.
I am not aware of any planning
applications for this event of placing a huge tacky advertisement in a
WHS, which is also in a conservation area and on a listed building.
Would you please advise me of any
planning applications that have been considered by the planning committee.
Would you also advise me who sanctioned
this idea.
Also would you advise me how much is
being paid by the advertisers.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Wayne Colquhoun.
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