Will Sandry has written to all the letting agents in the Oldfield Park area to request that they restrict the number of To Let signs they use this coming year. The text of the letter is below:

Dear Sir / Madam,

I am writing to request that you show restraint with the number of To Let signs you have already put out, or are soon to put out in the Oldfield Park area.

The To Let signs are disliked by the community in and around Oldfield Park. You may remember that in the past few years there has been a significant amount of resident anger towards the proliferation of signs.

To reflect to you my residents’ general concerns:

• The large numbers of signs are unsightly.
• Most of the people you are marketing to will be looking online for properties in first instance.
• As you mainly market the properties to students, students will use the accommodation lists provided by their University.
• My residents who live in the properties which are To Let dislike the signs, because it attracts unnecessary attention to their homes. They see these signs as an advertisement to criminals that there are multiple high value electrical items in the property. Oldfield crime data from the police supports this as being the case.

I recognise that as legitimate businesses you would wish to take every opportunity to promote your business. I would be happy to facilitate a meeting of all the Letting Agents in the area with a view to arriving at a Gentlemen’s Agreement between you whereby the use of To Let signs is restricted.

I look forward to hearing from you as to whether you would like to be involved in this type of discussion.

Kind regards,

Will Sandry
Councillor for Oldfield Ward