An advertising-hoarding business, which claims to have used a site in Lambeth for advertisements for 26 years, has asked the High Court to quash a council finding that it does not have the relevant consent for the hoardings.
Maiden Outdoor Advertising Ltd, of 128 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1, had been ordered by Lambeth London Borough Council to remove hoardings from outside 220-224 Coldharbour Lane, London SW9.
In November 2002, the council issued three notices requiring Maiden to remove the hoardings within 28 days, or face having to pay for council removal. They claimed that Maiden had neither an express nor a deemed consent for the display of advertisements.
Maiden has since won interim court injunctions barring the council from removing the hoardings pending the outcome of this High Court challenge, in which it is asking Collins J to rule that it does have the appropriate consent.
It claims that the council have made legal errors and were not empowered to serve the notices.
The hearing continues.
R (on the application of Maiden Outdoor Advertising Ltd) v Lambeth London Borough Council Queen’s Bench Division: Administrative Court (Collins J) 8 May 2003.
References: PLS News 8/5/03
