{"id":15374,"date":"2018-01-29T13:42:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T13:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=15374"},"modified":"2018-01-29T13:55:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T13:55:34","slug":"local-uk-councils-rail-surge-trojan-telephone-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/01\/local-uk-councils-rail-surge-trojan-telephone-boxes.html","title":{"rendered":"Local UK Councils Rail Against Surge in Trojan Telephone Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.local.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local Government Association<\/a>, which represents 370 councils across England and Wales, has called on the central UK government to tackle the growing tide of &#8220;<em>trojan telephone boxes<\/em>&#8221; (e.g. boxes installed almost solely for advertising) by removing their Permitted Development status.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We can still recall a time when telephone boxes actually had telephones inside, which were often but not always accompanied by a scribbled list of numbers for your local drug dealers, prostitutes and that all too familiar stench of slightly aged urine or a used condom from the night before. Iconic. Mercifully they weren&#8217;t all like this and some of the classic red boxes remain historically lovely.<\/p>\n<p>Since then we&#8217;ve had the Mobile phone revolution and as a result the humble telephone box is on its way out. Cleverly, some of them still find metaphorical employment as converted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> hotspots, while others are being replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s super-modern <em>InLinkUK<\/em> kiosks (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/06\/bts-first-1gbps-free-wifi-offering-inlinkuk-kiosks-go-live-london.html\">here<\/a>) or similar, but on the whole the overall number should be in decline.<\/p>\n<p>Instead some of you may find it surprising that the number of applications to build new boxes has actually sky-rocketed by 927% (based on a sample of 12 council areas). Unfortunately a few crafty companies have cottoned on to the Permitted Development loophole, which allows new boxes to be installed without planning permission. The LGA claims these often end up becoming &#8220;<em>little more than advertising billboards<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"line-height: 28px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>The Pace of New Applications<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n* Newcastle had 95 applications for new boxes in 2017 compared with 1 in 2015.<br \/>\n* Westminster received 180 applications in 2017 compared with 13 in 2015.<br \/>\n* Birmingham had 95 in 2017 compared with 10 in 2015.<br \/>\n* Liverpool had 97 in 2017 compared with 10 in 2015.<br \/>\n* Lambeth had 71 in 2017 compared with 1 in 2015.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As well as being used for advertising, councils have also seen telephone boxes &#8220;<em>fall victim to anti-social behaviour, fly-posting and graffiti<\/em>&#8221; (not exactly a new trend or unique to such boxes). On top of that councils say they are powerless to remove them when the telephones are marked as being out of use.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Cllr Martin Tett, LGA Planning Spokesman, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The rise of the smartphone and digital age has seen the telephone box become a largely obsolete relic of a bygone era.<\/p>\n<p>While there is still a limited need for some telephone boxes in our town centres and cities, for example for emergencies, the number of applications councils have seen is simply staggering.<\/p>\n<p>Companies are exploiting a loophole in the law to allow what is tantamount to Trojan telephone boxes being used as advertising spaces rather than the original purpose of providing a place for people to use a phone.<\/p>\n<p>As a result pedestrians are being bombarded with a series of eyesores that blight the public highway.<\/p>\n<p>Councils are currently powerless to act, so we want the Government to overturn the existing out-of-date legislation and give local authorities the ability to take action where this is an issue.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hopefully this is something that can be corrected before the trend gets worse. In the meantime, how can you tell if a Bee is on the phone? You get a buzzy signal. 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