Trader fights council bid to ban ad trailer
A man has asked the Scottish Government to let him keep an advertising trailer close to the M90 despite concerns it could distract drivers.
Perth and Kinross Council denied refrigeration repair man Sandy Baird retrospective consent to keep the trailer bearing the name of his company in the back yard of a unit at Bridgend Industrial Estate, Kinross.
The local authority argued the sign could be a distraction to passing motorists and said it could not support the trailer in its current location on road safety grounds.
PKC said in a report: “The trailer has been subject to past third-party complaints, resulting in enforcement action which has culminated in the submission of this application.
“The continued siting of the trailer in this prominent location, which is divorced from the industrial unit, is a concern for visual amenity and precedent reasons.”
The report added: “The trailer is readily visible from the nearby M90 motorway. Although no formal consultations have been undertaken it is likely that the trailer sign could be a distraction when viewed from the motorway and as a result is likely to have a detrimental impact on road safety.
“Accordingly, the proposals are not being supported on road safety grounds.”
However, Stuart Shand of Shand Architecture has since asked the government’s planning and environmental appeals division (DPEA) to consider overruling