Revamped Wolverhampton city centre pub's bid to replace signs it was ordered to take down
A recently refurbished city centre pub is seeking to install new signs after council planners ordered it to remove the previous ones.
The Hogshead in Wolverhampton was relaunched in January after closing for three weeks for a refurbishment, but it immediately found itself at odds with the large signs installed on wooden rails over the doors without planning permission.
A retrospective application by pub chain Stonegate but was rejected last month by planning officer Ragbir Sahota, who said the signs were 'inappropriate in scale, design, illumination and material resulting in clutter' on the familiar locally listed terracotta building on the corner of Broad Street and Stafford Street.
Mr Sahota added: "They detract from the appearance of the conservation area and the architectural features of the locally listed building on which they are displayed. "The advertisements fail to harmonise and integrate with the building being positioned on rails which extend beyond the building and are visible and obtrusive."
They have since been removed and replaced with temporary vinyl banners.
The new proposal, for smaller stainless-steel lettering with LED lighting, will be considered by city planners.
