City of London

Shopfront & Fascia Signage in City of London

Illuminated fascia signs, 3D built-up letters, tray signs and projecting signs — designed, manufactured and installed across London. Serving Cheapside and Fleet Street and across City of London.

shopfront and fascia signage, in City of London

City of London signage, handled end-to-end.

The City of London — the Square Mile — is one of the most demanding signage environments in the UK. The combination of conservation-area coverage, adjacent listed buildings, and the City of London Corporation's separate advertisement-consent process means every installation involves serious pre-work on approvals. Office-tower tenants on Bishopsgate or around Liverpool Street typically require weekend or overnight install windows, traffic management for larger schemes, and full RAMS coordination with building management. We've worked with firms across Fleet Street, Cheapside and Bank, and the work here reads as confident, institutional, and restrained — signage for professional tenants rather than high-street footfall.

What's delivered

Full shopfront and fascia signage across City of London.

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Illuminated fascia signs (halo-lit, face-lit, backlit)

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Built-up and flat-cut 3D letters

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Tray signs and lightboxes

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Projecting and hanging signs

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Full planning and advertisement consent handling

Questions we hear in City of London

Frequently asked questions.

How does shopfront signage approval work in the City of London?
The City of London Corporation handles advertisement consent in-house rather than under Greater London planning. Standard timescales are 8 weeks for a decision; in practice you should plan for 10-12 weeks because heritage and conservation officers may require revisions. Internally-illuminated lightbox fascias are routinely refused on commercial blocks within conservation areas — halo-lit built-up letters and externally lit fascias have much better approval rates.
Can we install fascia signage on a listed building in the Square Mile?
Yes — and most City commercial premises sit in or near a listed building so this comes up frequently. Listed-building consent runs alongside advertisement consent, requires a written heritage statement, and adds 4-6 weeks to the typical timeline. We prepare both applications together and propose materials sympathetic to the building era (bronze trim, hand-painted timber, gilded lettering) which conservation officers are more likely to approve at first submission.
What fascia depth and lettering height are typically allowed in the City?
There is no single binding limit but the City Corporation's shopfront guidance favours fascia depths of 400-600mm and capital letter heights of 100-300mm depending on the building. Anything above these defaults gets challenged in design review. We design to the conservative end on first submission so the application moves through approval cleanly rather than burning iterations.

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Shopfront & Fascia Signage in City of London, quoted in 24 hours.

Send us your brief and a senior account manager will come back with a detailed quotation within one working day. Call +44 208 507 3395 for urgent enquiries.