Statutory framework for advertisement control The advertisement control system in England and Wales is part of the development control system. It is governed by the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), and in England, by the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007, SI 2007/783 (the English Regulations) and in Wales, by the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1992, SI 1992/666 (the Welsh Regulations). What is an ‘advertisement’? The advertisement control system covers a very wide range of advertisements, defined in TCPA 1990, s 336 as any word, letter, model, sign, placard, board, notice, awning, blind, device or representation, whether illuminated or not, in the nature of, and employed wholly or partly for the purposes of, advertisement, announcement or direction, and includes any hoarding or similar structure used, or designed or adapted for use, and anything else principally used, or designed or adapted principally for use, for the display of advertisements. Broadly, advertisements include: • posters and notices • placards and boards • fascia signs and projecting