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Application No.: 24/00212/D Applicant: Michael Michael Commissioners Proposal: New Village Noticeboard Site Address: Adjacent Old Railway Track Fire & Rescue Station Station Road Kirk Michael IM6 1ER Planning Officer: Vanessa Porter Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 23.04.2024
C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions
Reason: To comply with Article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
This application has been recommended for approval for the following reason. The application complies with the Advertisement Regulations and with General Policy 3(h) and General Policy 8 of the IOM Strategic Plan 2016.
Plans/Drawings/Information; This decision relates to the following plans and drawings, date stamped received on 4th March 2024; o Drawing No. 1084.02
This decision also relates to site photo with annotation and the route of the cables, dated 2nd April 2024.
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Additional Persons None _____________________________________________________________________________ Officer’s Report THE SITE
1.1 The application site is located upon the existing entrance onto the Old Railway Line situated upon Cannon Avenue at the rear of the Fire Station. THE PROPOSAL - 2.1 The current planning application seeks approval for the installation of a lockable glass cabinet which is to have a width of 1.4m, with a depth of approximately 0.4m, and an overall height of 2.2m. The cabinet is to have Michael Distract Commissioners written above the lockable space which is to measure 1m by 1.2m.
2.2 The current proposal is one of four boards which are proposed within Kirk Michael and are proposed to provide information upon community matters. PLANNING HISTORY - 3.1 Whilst there have been applications proposed upon the site, these are more to do with the existing Fire Station and are not relevant in the assessment of this application.
3.2 It should be noted that the following applications have been submitted at the same time for noticeboards within the Kirk Michael area;
PLANNING POLICY 4.1 The site lies within an area zoned as on the cusp of "Fire Station" and "Coastal Footpath" on the Kirk Michael Local Plan 1994.
4.2 Minded of the nature of the proposal being a standalone signboard providing information for the specific Michael community, the most relevant policy in the determination would be General Policy 2 which sets out general development standards, General Policy 6 which sets out what is expected of external advertisements and General Policy 7 which sets out that the display of adverts must be in relation to the site they are situated upon.
4.3 This is then followed by The Control of Advertisements Regulations 2013 which makes clear that the only considerations which can be applied to applications under them are in the interests of protecting amenity and public safety. REPRESENTATIONS - 5.1 The following representations can be found in full online, below is a short summary;
5.2 DOI Highway Services have considered the application and state, "After reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking." (11.03.24)
5.3 No comments have been received from Patrick commissioners at the time of writing this report.
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5.4 Manx Utilities, Electric have written in to firstly object to the proposal on the 18th March 2024 and then to state that they are happy with the proposal and remove their objection on the 17th April 2024. ASSESSMENT - 6.1 The main issues with regards to the proposed noticeboard is the impact that the proposal would have on the amenity and public safety of the locality and character of the overall streetscene.
6.2 The proposed noticeboard is modest in size and height, which means that it will be readable by a variety of users and would be an interest within the locality rather than an intrusion to the enjoyment of the area and will have information situated within it which will be specific to the Michael area. - 6.3 The sign does not contain any illumination and is set back a sufficient distance from the highway so as to limit any highway visibility or safety issues and would not create a distraction to road users, as such the proposal meets the general standards set out in The Control of Advertisements Regulations 2013.
7.1 It is considered that the size, scale, siting and design of the signs are acceptable and relates to the proposed location. The noticeboards would have no adverse visual or amenity harm to the public or public safety and would provide a community facility. As such the application would accord with The Control of Advertisements Regulations 2013, as well as meeting with the principles of General Policies 6 and 7 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. INTERESTED PERSON STATUS - 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2013, the following persons are automatically interested persons:
I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Acting Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation and that in making this decision the Officer has agreed the recommendation in relation to who should be afforded Interested Person Status
Decision Made : Permitted Date : 24.04.2024
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Determining officer
Signed : A MORGAN Abigail Morgan Acting Head of Development Management
Customer note This copy of the officer report reflects the content of the file copy and has been produced in this form for the benefit of our online services/customers and archive records.
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