A council is cracking down on illegal, garish and overbearing shopfronts so they fit in with the area’s heritage and history. Twenty-two businesses occupying listed buildings in Canterbury have changed their shopfronts without permission and no longer blend in with the centre’s aesthetic. But the city council recently ordered the firms to undertake a raft of urgent measures to be in keeping with their environment. Company owners in Burgate, Sun Street, St Dunstan’s Street and North Lane must remove inappropriate signs, lights – including flashing – and paintwork against the council’s official …