Many thanks to the guys over at the Random Blowe blog for drawing our attention to Redbridge Borough Council's obsession with issuing Fixed Penalty Notices for alleged flyposting.
According to the blog:
"In 2008-09, the London Borough of Redbridge issued more than any other local authority and its 206 FPNs accounted for 16% of all those around the country. The year before, it again topped the list and was even more enthusiastic about threatening legal action: it issued 25% of all the FPNs recorded by Defra.
"What is really surprising, however, is that in the year to March 2009, a staggering 49% of Redbridge’s FPNs for alleged flyposting were subsequently cancelled"
Among the penalty notices that were issued by Redbridge Borough Council include three sent to a gentleman whose "crime" was to put up posters supporting a community initiative to protect green spaces from overdevelopment.
The blog post is well worth a look.
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