Chalk nightclub tells police about fly-posted adverts in Brighton

Furious residents in North Laine, Brighton, sent complains to Chalk nightclub after discovering the area had been covered with illegal adverts promoting nights at their club.

The adverts had been plastered on phone boxes and disused shop widows, post on walls, and attached to lampposts in the area.

Chalk nightclub in Pool Valley, at the previous site of The Haunt, said it sent details of those responsible to the council and police.

Pelham Street resident Rob Reaks said: "Residents and local businesses work hard to keep North Laine tidy, removing stickers and tags as soon as they appear, only to be blighted by a local nightclub who persist in fly posting the whole area - windows, walls and lampposts.

"Despite assurances that they have asked promoters to follow the rules, nothing seems to be done and the situation just gets worse."

It is illegal to stick printed material on properties or structures on the street, such as lamp posts or telephone boxes.

If you’re caught flyposting, the council may remove your materials and you could get a fine.

A spokesman for Chalk said the flyposting of adverts for nights at the club was "unacceptable" and against its terms of business.

Responding to complaints, he said: "Unfortunately, we do not promote events ourselves, or engage in any flyering or postering. Consequently, we aren’t actually responsible for these posters.

"However, we are aware of them, we have notified the police and council of them and those responsible, and have advised those running the event that they need to be removed should they wish to hire the venue again."

Much of the fly-posted material is advertising nights put on by promotional company Global Beats.

When contacted, a spokesman for Global Beats said: "We have been in communication with the venue and have confirmed the posters will be removed ASAP.

"We gave a number of posters to a group of people in return for guest list and asked if they could get them into the normal spots such as cafes, pubs and posters frames but someone from the group has gone and stuck then up illegally.

"This is not a practice we condone and we will ensure that we are more careful who we give posters to in the future.

"The offending posters will be removed within 48 hours."

Brighton and Hove City Council, which issues fines for flyposting, said: "We work closely with the Sussex Police Licencing Team to tackle flyering and fly posting.

“Anyone who is seen placing posters up without permission could receive a Fixed Penalty Notice.”