SIR — Drivers approaching the Washford Cross roundabout from Minehead will notice they no longer have to look at the ugly billboard which had been set up in a field adjacent to the roundabout for several weeks.

I contacted the council’s planning enforcement officer about the billboard and eventually a notice to remove the sign was served and we are now able to enjoy our beautiful countryside free from an ugly advertising sign.

I am writing to encourage others to notify the council if this type of unofficial billboard appears in our area (usually in a farmer’s field, facing a busy road).

Temporary signs advertising local events are, of course, fine, but I am sure we do not want to end up with a landscape despoiled by a proliferation of billboards as can be seen, for example, in the USA, France and Italy.

So please report such signs and help maintain the beauty of West Somerset.

Mike O’Keefe,

Wootton Courtenay.