[milton-chat] Energy salesmen?

[Hazel Smith]

Did you know there are 25 No Cold Calling Zones in South Cambs?
They have to be fairly small areas that have suffered from deception,
predation etc in the past - most are sheltered housing areas etc not general
housing areas.
Cold calling in general is not illegal, provided people are given a 7-day 
'cooling off' period and not expected to sign up for anything on the spot. 
So the salesman wanting to gravel your drive 'at a cheap price because he's 
got some on the lorry at the moment' is illegal, and this has been a major 
problem in the district.
Hazel

Nat wrote ...

What would be the position for local charity collectors, like the
Salvation Army chap and the nice lady who collects donations in envelopes
for a number of good causes, who I don't object to at all? How would they
be distinguished from aggressive charity collectors (clipboards, tabards
and direct debit forms etc), who we haven't had yet, but we did get when
we lived in Chesterton.

How would an exercise like the parish plan questionnaire be affected if
Milton was a no cold calling zone?