Wolverhampton pub tries again to replace signs - 18 months after previous ones fell foul of planners
Pub hopes new, more low-key signs will be acceptable to planners
A Wolverhampton pub has submitted new plans to replace its signs - 18 months after a previous design fell foul of planners.
The Hogshead in Stafford Street has applied to Wolverhampton to install new exterior signs.
The pub wants to install two sets of ‘halo’ illuminated fascia signs, and two externally illuminated projection signs.
The pub reopened in January 2025 following a major refurbishment, but almost immediately found itself at odds with the council over the large new signs, which had been installed on wooden rails over the doors without planning permission.
A retrospective application by pub chain Stonegate was rejected in June last year 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 with Broad Street.
The signs were removed on orders by the council, and replaced with temporary vinyl banners, while the pub came up with new designs.
The new design includes illuminated lettering over the Stafford Street entrance and over a corner bay window, with traditional hanging signs with external lighting protruding from the Stafford Street and Broad Street frontages.
A statement issued by the pub said: “Because the building is being upgraded with signage that already exists and we are painting it in fresh heritage colours, we do not foresee any detrimental impact on the building with regards to our undertaking the above works.”
The new signs will now be considered by Wolverhampton Council’s planning department.
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