Not them again??!

What is it with Somerset County Council?  The other week we had the story of them posting a 47 mile diversion as a result of closing a half-mile stretch of road, and now traders in Burnham-on-Sea (same neck of the woods) have been told that they cannot hang bunting between their shop fronts and the lampposts on the pavement to celebrate the Jubilee, because said lampposts have not been "stress-tested" to ensure they are strong enough to support the bunting!  Is it something in the water down there?