What is the typical timescale for projecting and hanging signs from enquiry to fitting?

A quote typically follows once we have your photos or have surveyed the site, and making and fitting is typically booked a few weeks after you approve the proof. Where advertisement consent applies, that decision has to come through before anything goes up, which can add several weeks. We give you an expected timescale with your quote for Wellington.

Can you handle projecting and hanging signs for a business in Wellington?

Yes. Smart Signs covers Wellington and the rest of Shropshire as part of a UK-wide service. You send photos and rough sizes, we arrange a survey if the job needs one, then you receive a proof to scale and a fixed written price. Nothing is made or fitted until you have approved both.

Do I need a licence from the highway authority?

Possibly. A sign projecting over a public pavement may need a licence from the highway authority, which is separate from advertisement consent from the planning department. We can check the requirement for your street and prepare the drawings and photos the application needs.

How far can a projecting sign stick out?

It depends on the pavement width and the rules where you are. The sign needs to stay well back from the kerb, clear of high-sided vehicles, and the highway authority may set a maximum projection. We measure the footway at survey and size the bracket to suit.

Why is there a price range for projecting and hanging signs rather than one figure?

Because jobs vary. The guide of £395 to £1,350 per sign + VAT spans small, simple work at one end and larger, more involved work at the other. Size, material, finish, access, design time and any consent drawings push the figure up or down. A survey or artwork check lets us fix the price for your job in Wellington.

Can a projecting sign be illuminated?

Yes, but it becomes a different product with its own consent position. Lit projecting signs use LED modules inside a box or behind halo letters, connected by an electrician, and most need express consent. A small spotlight lighting a painted sign is an alternative, still checked with the council.

Projecting and hanging signs in Wellington

A projecting sign is a sign, usually double-sided, fixed at right angles to a building on a wall bracket, so it can be read by people approaching along the street from either direction.

Projecting and hanging signs in Wellington: the practical benefits

With an older frontage, a Wellington pub, café or bakery often suits a traditional painted sign on a scroll bracket.
Visitors browsing Wellington on foot look along a street rather than at each shopfront in turn, which is exactly the view a projecting sign serves.
If your Wellington street is narrow and fascias are hard to read at an angle, a hanging sign catches shoppers walking towards your door.

What projecting and hanging signs cost in Wellington

Below is the guide pricing we use for projecting and hanging signs: from £395 up to £1,350 per sign, before VAT. These are not fixed quotes. A written price follows once measurements are taken and your artwork has been checked.

Projecting & hanging signs in Wellington: guide prices, supplied and fitted
Item	Guide, ex VAT	Inc. VAT (20%)
Double-sided panel sign with standard bracket	£395 – £850	£474 – £1,020
Shaped or painted sign with decorative bracket	£650 – £1,350	£780 – £1,620

A double-sided panel sign with a standard bracket is guided at £395 to £850, supplied and fitted and excluding VAT. Shaped or painted signs with a decorative bracket are guided at £650 to £1,350. Both are confirmed after survey and an artwork check.

Options for your Wellington project

Shaped symbol sign

Cut to a cup, key or scissors outline, so it reads before the words do.

Modern blade sign

A rigid sign on a flat-bar or tube arm that doesn't swing.

Traditional scroll bracket

Wrought-iron-style bracket with scrolls, in black or a heritage colour.

Do you need permission for a sign in Wellington?

Will you need permission? For a non-illuminated sign at your own business address in England, usually not, as long as it stays inside the deemed consent limits: letters no taller than 0.75 m (0.3 m in an area of special control) and nothing above the bottom of a first-floor window. Historic streets need more care. In a conservation area the details matter more, and fixing to a listed building usually needs listed building consent, with fixings into mortar joints rather than brick or stone faces generally preferred. We check with you before anything is ordered, and can prepare drawings and photos for an application, or submit it for you.

Covering Wellington and Shropshire

You do not need to be in a particular postcode for us to help: Wellington and the whole of Shropshire are covered. If your job needs a survey, we arrange the visit. If it can be priced from photos, sizes and the vehicle make and model, we do it that way instead. Postcode districts around Wellington include TF1 and TF5. Roughly 3.3 miles separate Wellington from Telford, which lies to the south-east.

Close to Wellington

Ready to price projecting and hanging signs in Wellington? Send a few photos and rough sizes through the form or WhatsApp. The quote is free, and you will see a proof to scale before anything is made.

More signs in Wellington

All sign types in Wellington · Projecting and hanging signs across Shropshire

Typical lead time	typically 2–4 weeks after proof approval, plus any consent or licence time
Consent	Check advertisement consent and any highway licence; lit versions usually need express consent
Typical size	Up to about 800 mm across, double-sided