Policy information sourced from the Croydon Local Plan
DM11: Shop Front Design and Security
DM11.1:
To ensure shop fronts are attractive, secure and of a high quality design, the Council will support proposals for new shop fronts and related alterations that respect the scale, character, materials and features of the buildings of which they form part.
DM11.2:
To ensure shop fronts are attractive, secure and of a high quality design, the Council will support proposals for new shop fronts and related alterations in the Metropolitan Centre, District and Local Centres, Shopping Parades and Restaurant Quarter Parades that:
- Do not include wholly solid or perforated/pinhole external shutters;
- Employ less obtrusive solutions which could include: security glazing, internal shutters, external open, tube and link grille, brick bond parallel pattern lattice type grilles and shutters, concertina or scissor grilles, removable shutters; or
- In some instances a mix of solid and open grille shutters may be acceptable as a solution where any element of solid external shutter proposed is transparent.
DM11.3
To ensure shop fronts are sympathetically incorporated and to provide future flexibility, developments that convert shops into residential accommodation should:
- Respect the scale, character, proportions, materials and features of the buildings of which they form part;
- Retain and incorporate historic shop fronts, including signboards, roller blind boxes, corbels, stall risers, cornices, fanlights, console brackets, transoms, pilasters and lobbies into the design;
- For new elements, adopt and reinterpret the language of shop front design;
- Optimise window and door openings; and
- Ensure the design includes elements that provide privacy for the occupiers.
For more information please see the Local Plan