Fly Posting Prevention

It is often possible to prevent fly posting by taking a few simple measures. Physical barriers, battened hoardings, improved lighting or restricted access will discourage most people. It is key to clear fly posters as soon as they appear as one poster will always attract more.

There are more comprehensive solutions including a number of coatings that protect the underlying surface, CCTV and regular surveillance and prosecution.

Physical Prevention

It is important to remember that fly posting is illegal and that someone will be benefiting from the advertising on the fly poster. It is too expensive for an individual to prosecute an offender and too dangerous to attempt to catch them. Councils can pool the resources of various services to help secure successful prosecutions and provide effective preventative measures. However there are several physical things that can be done to discourage fly posting by making it difficult to stick up fly posters and stickers in the first place.

Research shows by not removing fly posters, it will attract more fly posters. It also shows that clearing them as soon as they appear and restricting access to the surface will prevent any reoccurrence. This research is endorsed by all Councils.

Battened hoardings are an excellent way to reduce fly-posting. Requiring all building site hoardings to be battoned could be added as a requirement to planning applications.

In communal areas always restrict access for the general public to hours that the area is busy and use keys to access the area at other times. If this is not possible then the area should be well lit and in extreme cases CCTV and regular surveillance used.