What about all the illegal signs around Aberaman and the rest of RCT? One law for one and another law for others why should Mr Ceri Reardon pay a fine when nothing is said about other illegal signs?

Clearly this gentleman is not talking the right language to the right councilor

Below RCT Press release

Fly Poster Fined!

A car cleaning company who illegally put up a sign to advertise their business has been fined for their actions.

The Council’s dedicated Streetcare Enforcement team are out in force on foot, bikes and in cars across the County Borough ready to catch offenders, as many unlucky offenders are now finding out.

The Enforcement Officers continue a comprehensive crackdown on litter, dog fouling, flyposting, flytipping, graffiti, cigarette butts and waste issues throughout the County Borough. This is to ensure that Rhondda Cynon Taf will be a clean, green and safe community for everyone to live, work and visit.

Mr Ceri Reardon, who owns Wash and Go, Cwm Cynon Business Park, Mountain Ash has been forced to pay £90 following a successful prosecution by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Streetcare Enforcement Team.

A member of the Council’s Streetcare Enforcement Team came across the sign advertising Mr Reardon’s business on the A4059, Mountain Ash and issued him with a warning only to find that Mr Reardon was continuing to publicise his business in this way. The Streetcare Enforcement Team were then forced to issue him with a Fixed Penalty Notice of £75.

Mr Reardon, failed to pay the Fixed Penalty Notice and the case was referred to Aberdare Magistrates Court.

He was found guilty for his actions on October 19th and was fined £75 and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge – a total of £90.

“Fly Posting is illegal and is a common problem throughout the area of Rhondda Cynon Taf. This can have a detrimental impact on the environment as the posters/banners created are often unsightly and placed on boarded up properties.” said Nigel Wheeler, Service Director for Streetcare at Rhondda Cynon Taf Council.

"As well as creating unsightly environmental conditions, the clean up costs of taking them down and cleaning the residue they leave behind a financial burden on the local authority and the taxpayer.

“The Streetcare Enforcement Team will do all in its power to eradicate this type of behaviour in the Country Borough in an effort to make Rhondda Cynon Taf a clean and safe place to visit, work and live in.”

Since April 2009 more than 844 fixed penalty notices have been issued to individuals who committed acts of environmental crime, which includes, fly posting, dog fouling, fly tipping, littering and cigarette butts. This has resulted in environmental criminals coughing up a whopping £69,300, which could be avoided by using the waste facilities available.

Of these the greater majority were issued for those individuals who discarded rubbish from their vehicles – ranging from cigarette butts to banana skins. Refusal to pay the £75 notices led to some of these being dealt with at Magistrates Court and often resulting in several hundred pounds worth of fines and costs being imposed on them when found guilty.

The message is clear – eco-criminals in Rhondda Cynon Taf will not be tolerated and there is no escape thanks to this new initiative.

Anyone found committing an eco-crime in the County Borough could face at least £75 fine or worse if they fail to pay the fixed penalty notice, including a criminal record.

For further information on the services provided by the dedicated Streetcare teams call 01443 827700 or visit www.rctcbc.gov.uk/streetcare

There are no bigger eco-criminals in RCT than RCT Council themselves, who vandalise our green and pleasant land with impunity by giving their developer pals the green light to wreck whatever green areas they choose to turn into profit.

Once again, the real criminals are shown to be the ones who make the rules for the rest of us. No wonder there's so much cynicism around, especially when I hear these incompetents spouting their meaningless drivel about caring for the environment and looking after local green areas where kids can play and people can walk. Not when the developers have got their covetous eyes upon them they don't.

ahhh one rule for the inbreds at penywaun one rule for the normal tax paying community.

Advertisement on roundabouts is like using a mobile phone whilst driving , bloody stupid. You should foucs on the road and not go window shopping.

You should see it in france its mad, with all the hotel and restaurant signs on the side of the road.

I see the Labour controlled council jobs worth has been at it again this time picking on someone who is trying to start a business opening up the New Inn in Ystradfellte that has been closed for 2 years.

Attempting to advertise on the A4059 he had 8 signs vandalised at a cost of £45 each, he tried another type of advertising and got fined by the dedicated streetcare enforcement team at Rhondda Cynon Taf Council to the sum of £150.

He has requested help from the tourist department at RCTC but as we know they are too lazy to do anything to help the tourist industry in RCT.

This dedicated streetcare enforcement team must be cherry picking victims because there is enough fly posters around Aberaman to subsidise the rates but local councillors turns a blind eye to that.

I'm sure too that RCT issue warnings first to take down the signs - I recall a guy in Mountain Ash that was fined after he was told to take down signs on the main road about his car wash place about a year ago. When it was in the press it said he had been warned twice before being issued a £75 fine - he refused to pay it and ended up with a court fine of about £200 so it wasnt straight forward as the guy tried to make out.....

Maybe in this case they too were warned?

I don't think that man is a shining beacon of humility and fairplay himself if his trip advisor (the non fake ones) are anything to go by....

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g551971-d2089658-Reviews-...

Any form of fly-posting (that is, displaying an advertisement without consent) is an offence which is immediately open to prosecution, or to the removal or obliteration of any fly-posting material if the district council or
London borough council decide to take remedial action against fly-posting in their area. In the case of a placard or poster, if the material identifies the advertiser displaying it, the Council must give two days’ written notice of the intention to remove or obliterate it. This advance notice gives the advertiser the opportunity to contest the Council’s proposed actions, but if the advertiser is not identified a placard or poster may be immediately removed or obliterated.

rct says it is for the community to have green land and safe street what about aberdare on friday saturday and sunday, with drugs, violence, vomit, litter, why dont they do something about that the reason is they are afraid,why not have these good pepole who pick on the little people to sort out aberdare on the weekend answer from them is it's the police who do that phone them, or social services, or batman and robin but don't bother us we finished work when we had our last money for our meeting,the next time we will be bothered is when we collect our next money so until then
just shut up.

Bid to remove unnecessary road signs

Welsh Conservatives today urged the Welsh Labour Government to consider empowering local authorities to remove unnecessary road signs.

The Conservative-led Government is introducing new powers for local authorities from next year to give greater discretion to remove superfluous road signs.

A number of road signs have come under scrutiny for being duplicated, illegible or simply irrelevant.

Byron Davies AM, Shadow Minister for Transport, said, “Unnecessary road signs not only clutter our natural environment but can also distract drivers, threatening public safety.

“Drivers are constantly being bombarded with information through signs, many of which are unnecessary and detract attention from the important messages.

“Many of the main routes into our towns and cities look messy and chaotic and give an unflattering first impression to tourists and other visitors.

“Welsh Conservatives believe in local accountability and want to see local authorities gain greater flexibility to remove unnecessary road signs.

“The Welsh Labour Government should follow the lead of the Conservative-led Coalition and ease road sign restrictions to make our roads safer and cleaner.”