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Estate Agents must control themselves

February 6, 2009 10:11 AM

Streets in some areas of Oldfield Park in Bath are currently a forest of TO LET signs. It is well known that Oldfield Park has a high number of properties let to students. One consequence of this is that every January and February there are TO LET signs on most streets; in some cases multiple signs from the same agency.

King Edward Road Oldfield Park Estate Agents Lets

King Edward Road in Oldfield Park with "To Let" signs everywhere!

Local Councillors are calling on Estate Agents to self- regulate the number of signs they put up. Cllr Will Sandry (Lib Dem, Oldfield) said: "I call on estate agents to remove their multiple TO LET signs in Oldfield and not to put them up in such excessive numbers in future years.

"There are special regulations that the Council has in place to stop estate agents putting up signs in the conservation areas of the city, but Oldfield is not a conservation area.

"If the estate agents do not respond maturely and in the best interests of our residents they can be assured that Councillors in Bath will be asking Council Officers to extend this special "Article 7" regulation to cover all other parts of the City."

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