The other day, when I came out of the hairdresser's in Western Road, Brighton, and turned into Waterloo Street to head for the seafront, I got quite a shock.
The street was lined on both sides by a forest of estate agents' "for sale" boards on poles.
As I wandered around Brighton, I realised this ugly visual pollution was almost everywhere.
In some Continental countries (and in Hampstead, north London), estate agents are banned from putting up any signs outside property.
In some, they can only place a sign attached flat to the front of the building, not protruding to create an eyesore when you gaze down the street.
With the property boom in Brighton, estate agents are making money hand over fist.
Why are they at the same time allowed to desecrate your pleasant little side streets?
If they can ban it in Hampstead, they can ban it in Brighton. Maybe it requires a by-law to be passed.
Can't your local councillors do that? Or is it that they don't want to rock the boat? There must be a solution.
-George Hill, Dartmouth Park Hill, London N19
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