Projecting Signs - Design Guidelines

Projecting Signs Design Guidelines: • projecting signs should be sympathetic to the design of the building where they are to be displayed and respect fascia signage; • box signs should be located at fascia level and are generally best situated at the end of the fascia; • hanging signs may be acceptable at first floor level and are generally best situated in a central position between windows; • to reduce visual clutter a projecting sign will generally only be acceptable where there is no other projecting advertisement such as a canopy, awning, flag or horizontal banner; • internal illumination should preferably be in the form of individually backlit letters; • where external illumination is proposed trough lighting is preferred with the trough painted out; • projecting signs should generally project no more than 1 metre including fixings, with a maximum end width of no more than 0.1m in the case of a box sign; • projecting signs should be a minimum of 2.25m above ground level in the interests of public safety; and • illuminated projecting signs are generally unacceptable immediately adjacent to a neighbouring residential property.