Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of rules regulating the installation and operation of digital signage in residential areas and the effect of light pollution from these signs on local residents.

The display of advertisements is controlled by reference to their effect on amenity and public safety. Where express consent to display an advertisement is needed, local planning authorities are required to consider the effect on amenity and public safety, taking account of cumulative impacts. Depending on the location and nature of a proposed advertisement, this could include consideration of the impacts of light pollution on local residents. This is a matter of judgement for local planning authorities.