Signage plans go back to the drawing board

South Northamptonshire Council’s application for ‘halo lit’ aluminium lettering for its new office building was refused yesterday.

Liberal Democrat Councillor Martin Johns says: “Members of the Development Control Committee were scathing about the scale, design, materials and lighting being proposed for the signage. We were unanimous in our disapproval of the proposed backlit aluminium letters.”

The Development Control Committee (planning) meeting was the last such meeting to be held at the council’s offices at Springfields before the buildings are demolished. Liberal Democrats are asking if the appalling signage has already been ordered and if so what is the cost of the rejected signage.

Lib Dem Councillor David Tarbun comments: “Local people already consider the building to be a monstrous eyesore, but the proposed signage would have made matters even worse. Let’s hope that Conservative councillors who lead the Moat Lane Board will take notice of the council’s own Heritage Unit and come up with something more in keeping with a conservation area.”