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Search the Public Notice PortalA nursery could have to remove an advertisement sign from a listed building after a council ruled it was preventing people from appreciating the architecture.
Little Monkeys Day Nursery, located at 18 London Road, in Horsham, had applied for retrospective permission for the sign on the front of the Grade II listed building.
However, Horsham District Council (HDC) said the sign was drawing attention away from the building and obscuring its architecture.
In a report detailing the decision, planning officers said: "The visual impact of the sign prevents an ability to appreciate the architectural composition as intended, and results in harm to the special interest of the Listed Building."
Property consultants Kirkby Diamond, acting on behalf of the nursery, had argued that a number of signs had been erected on the building in recent years, and the retention of the current signage was necessary to advertise the current use of the building.
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However, the Horsham Society, a civic group for the town, said it would be "wholly inappropriate" to permit advertising on the front of such a prominent listed building.
The society also argued the sign damaged the symmetry and appearance of the building.
HDC said a smaller free-standing sign located below the front window was fine to remain in place.
The nursery has eight weeks to lodge an appeal against the decision.
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