Fly-posting

Illegal advertising material includes posters and stickers. 

It can cause danger to pedestrians and drivers and look ugly.

If you want to put up advertising material like posters on buildings or 'street furniture', you must get permission from the building or property owner.

You can be fined £75 if you do not get permission. 

If you see illegal advertising material on a building or on 'street furniture' such as lampposts, let us know. You do not need to give your name.

If it’s on your property, you’ll need to give us your permission to remove it.

We do not remove fly posters from bus shelters or phone boxes. 

If you see someone fly-posting, do not confront them. If we find evidence, our enforcement team can investigate and may prosecute them.

Report fly-posting

Before you report fly-posting, make a note of:

• the date, time and location 
• a description and amount of the advertising material
• a description of any vehicles involved and their registration numbers

We aim to remove illegal advertising material within 24 hours.

Report fly-posting

To report fly-posters from:

• bus shelters, contact Transport for London

• phone boxes, contact BT or call on 0800 661 610