Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 94257

Motorways: Advertising

Tabled: 25 November 2025

Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to tackle unauthorised advertising adjacent to motorways in England.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The Department does not permit advertising within the boundary of the Strategic Road Network, and National Highways removes any unauthorised signage from its land. For adverts on private land adjacent to motorways, enforcement is carried out by local plan...

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