Fitted anywhere in the UK

Roller shutters and grilles

Steel or aluminium shutters and grilles, pulled by hand or electric, fitted anywhere in the UK. Solid shutters on the outside are the most common reason councils refuse a shopfront plan. So we start with shutters inside the glass, or open grilles you can see through, and only fit solid ones where the street allows it. Typical prices are £800–£1,500 for a hand-pulled shutter and £1,200–£2,500 for an electric one.

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Typical prices

Manual shutter£800 – £1,500
Pulled up and down by hand
Motorised shutter£1,200 – £2,500
Electric, with a key switch or remote
Fire-rated shutter£2,000 – £4,000
Tested to stop fire spreading (BS EN 16034)
LPS 1175-rated shutter£2,500 – £5,000
Tested and certified against break-ins

Includes fitting. Your final price comes after we measure. What changes the price.

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Single-storey shop with a new dark aluminium glazed front and sliding doors, a roller shutter on the neighbouring unit.

Why do councils refuse solid shutters?

A street of closed solid shutters looks dead after six o’clock. There is nothing to look at, no light on the pavement and no way to see inside. Councils link this to fear of crime and to graffiti. Most of the council guides we follow either ban solid outside shutters in conservation areas or allow them only in rare cases.

Shutters with small holes (perforated shutters) do not get round this. Several councils say clearly that they look almost solid when they are down.

Which shutters are easiest to get approved?

From easiest to hardest: an open grille inside, behind the glass; a mesh grille you can take down; an open grille on the outside; a shutter with clear see-through panels; a shutter with small holes; and a solid shutter. Where the box goes matters too. It should sit behind the sign board, not be fixed on the front of the building.

Colour is an easy win. A shutter painted to match the shopfront looks like part of it. Bare grey metal looks like an afterthought, and some councils say it is not acceptable.

Hand-pulled or electric?

Hand-pulled shutters suit narrow openings that are opened once a day. Wider or heavier shutters, or ones you open several times a day, should be electric. Electric shutters must meet a safety standard. It covers safety edges that stop the shutter if something is in the way, and safe stopping. These are required, not extras.

Do you need council permission?

Planning permission
Usually needed
A shutter on the outside, with its box and side tracks, changes the look of the shop. A shutter inside, behind the glass, often does not need it.
Listed building consent
Sometimes
Needed for any shutter on a listed building, even one fixed inside to old parts of the building.
Building regulations
Occasionally
Mostly when a shutter closes off a fire exit or is part of a fire wall.

This is our general guide. Your council makes the final decision.

Safety standards

Standard	What it covers
BS EN 13241	The main product standard for shutters, and for commercial, industrial and garage doors.
BS EN 12453	Safety of electric doors and shutters: closing force, safety edges and stopping.
LPS 1175	A security test against break-ins. Older grades go from SR1 to SR8. The newer Issue 8 uses grades like B3 or C5: the letter is the type of tools used, the number is how many minutes it held out.
BS EN 16034	Fire resistance, used with BS EN 13241 for fire shutters.

Questions

Do I need planning permission for a roller shutter?

For a shutter on the outside, usually yes, because the shutter, box and tracks change how the shop looks. A shutter inside, behind the glass, often does not. On a listed building you may still need listed building consent.

Do councils treat shutters with small holes differently from solid ones?

Not much. Several councils treat shutters with small holes the same as solid ones, because from the street they look closed. Open grilles, brick-pattern grilles and clear see-through shutters are the types councils most often accept.

Shutter repairs — Stuck, noisy and broken shutters repaired within 100 road miles of Birmingham.
Industrial shutters — Big steel and insulated roller doors for warehouses, workshops and loading bays.
Aluminium shopfronts — Glass shopfronts in strong, painted aluminium frames, made to suit the building.
Security doors — Strong steel doors for back, side and delivery entrances, tested against break-ins.