Directional signs
Unqualified members of the public are not permitted to put up signs on the road network. Only traffic management companies, the Police or those accredited under “The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 – Signing, Lighting and Guarding” are qualified to do so.
If you want to erect signs directing people to your event, you should submit a mapped plan of the signage to the Traffic Manager’s Team for approval.
Signs used must meet the Department for Transport's Traffic Signs Manual (Chapter 8) standards of good practice.
Advertising signs
If you are planning to put out signs advertising your event on the road side, they should
- not exceed 0.5 sq. metres in area,
- not be erected for more than seven days before the event,
- not remain in place for more than 48 hours afterwards.
- be erected within the parish village or town/city neighbourhood where the event is taking place and normally
- not exceed more than three signs per event.