Please sign this petition to show that you believe that planning permission should never again be granted for the installation of commercial LED advertising screens on Metropolitan Open Land. 

Recently, ten-metre-high, back-to-back LED screens marketed as ‘Richmond Lights’ were installed on Metropolitan Open Land on the Upper Richmond Road in south-west London, within a wildlife corridor and opposite Barnes Common, a designated nature reserve.

We represent local residents and those of neighbouring areas who object strongly to these screens whose siting and overall design result in a completely inappropriate form of development, adversely impacting the character of the MOL, the ecological value of the locality and residential amenity. 

We believe that, in granting permission for ‘Richmond Lights’, Wandsworth Borough Council’s Planning Department preferred commercial over environmental arguments and failed to provide the protection the site deserves. 

By signing this petition, you are showing Wandsworth Borough Council that there is significant opposition to the installation of any advertising screens on Metropolitan Open Land and that you wish:

-          The MOL, Barnes Common, the Nature Reserve and the wildlife corridor to be protected in perpetuity, with permanent refusal of any new applications to install advertising on these sites. 

-          The ‘Richmond Lights’ screens to be taken down after the period of advertising consent has expired with no further extension or renewal.