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Do commercial awnings need planning permission or a pavement licence?
It depends on the location and how the awning is used.
A fixed or retractable awning on a private frontage is often permitted, but consent may be required for using on listed buildings, within conservation areas, awnings projecting over a public highway or smaller pavement areas, and large or illuminated installations.
If your awning covers seating on a public footway, you may also need a pavement/highway licence from your local authority. We can advise on what’s typically required, but the licence application is made by the business with many previous restrictions eased since the Covid pandemic.
If your shop, pub, hotel or restaurant doesn’t have an awning and you want to fit one and it extends over public space then you will almost inevitably require permission. If it is replacing an existing one already fitted then you probaby won’t need any permission unless it is larger in size or a very different product.
If you are also adding any advertising in the form of logos or wording to the awning then it is best to check for compliance and guidelines which may need to be adhered to depending on your local authority