Design Requirements for Restaurant, Café or Hot Food Takeaway Frontages

In order to avoid restaurants, cafés or hot food takeaways giving the appearance of a 'dead' frontage, and negatively impacting visual amenity, attention should be paid to: • the scale of the proposal; • the materials, colours and lettering to be used; • the design and appearance of security shutters and grilles; • the design and appearance of signage and means of illumination; • the design and appearance of the ground floor in terms of its relationship to upper floors; • the implications for access to upper floors;