This is the list of documents available for the submission Motion by Councillor Ken Andrew:- "Council applauds that significant public investment is currently being made in the public realm through the Avenues Programme and neighbourhood regeneration, which aims to prioritise safety, accessibility and high quality streetscape design. Council notes that outdoor advertising and related infrastructure can contribute to street clutter, driver distraction and poorer health outcomes, particularly in areas of higher inequality, and are often concentrated along transport corridors and in more deprived communities, increasing exposure for children and those most reliant on public space and public transport. Council also notes the increasing prevalence of unauthorised and unsightly advertising trailers and mobile billboard units placed on public roads and footways, which contribute to visual clutter, obstruct pedestrian movement, and may pose risks to road safety. Council further notes that the Council has previously raised concerns about digital kiosks and illuminated advertising posing risks to road safety, particularly near junctions, crossings and active travel routes and that redundant and poorly maintained phone boxes, kiosks and ATMs are widely regarded as a blight on Glasgow's streets, detracting from place quality and accessibility. Council recognises that digital connectivity is vital to supporting our economy and connecting the city's residents, businesses, and communities and our Digital Glasgow strategy is successfully facilitating digital infrastructure investment and deployment in the area. Council also recognises that improved connectivity and digital access to public infrastructure with ultra-fast wi-fi and Small Cell 4G and 5G capabilities are being provided through initiatives like BT Street Hubs with 5% of screen time dedicated for council use and sensors can be added that allow the monitoring of air quality, and that this also provides a vehicle to inform the public of council services and initiatives. Council agrees however that a more coordinated and strategic approach is required to public advertising and street level infrastructure to reduce clutter, improve road safety in line with our Vision Zero road safety principles and protect the quality of Glasgow's public spaces, and, that obsolete and underused phone boxes and kiosks represent an immediate and visible opportunity for decluttering. Council further agrees that such advertising structures including trailers, where lacking appropriate consent or causing obstruction, should be subject to enforcement action with a view to their prompt removal and the strengthening of policy and enforcement mechanisms to prevent recurrence. Council instructs the Chief Executive to: > Engage directly with owners and operators, including telecommunications providers to identify the scale of the issue and : > repair or upgrading only where there is a demonstrable public benefit; > ensure that the Council is making full use of the opportunity to promote key council messaging through digital Street Hubs; > removal of obsolete or vandalised units; > funding solutions for removal where appropriate. > Write to Chair of Ofcom, the Secretary of State for Science and Technology, Minister for Digital Government and Data, and Glasgow MPs raising whether existing statutory rights for telecoms infrastructure adequately reflect modern usage, and that councils require stronger powers to ensure the removal of redundant structures; highlighting the need for Ofcom to review its Protection Criteria to include a strengthened duty for providers to repair public call boxes and other digital kiosks or remove them. > Progress a phased decluttering approach, beginning with phone boxes, kiosks and similar structures in so far as we are able within existing enforcement powers. > Report back to Environment and Liveable Neighbourhoods City Policy Committee by 6 October 2026 with an update on street clutter and these actions, as well as options to strengthen Council policy and guidance on outdoor advertising and enforcement and consideration of what powers would be required for us to deliver a wider decluttering programme.".

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