Officer Planning Report
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Officer's Report
The Site
The site represents the curtilage of an existing commercial building situated beside Castle Rushen in Market Square. The building sits on a footprint with no external space. The building sits to the west of the Castle.
Planning Status
The site lies within an area of Mixed Use on both the draft Castletown Area Plan and the adopted Castletown Local Plan. The building also lies within Castletown's Conservation Area and is Registered (RB 030).
Planning History
The site has been the subject of the following applications:
- PA 92/0540 - repairs to parapets and details of leadwork - permitted
- PA 98/2139 - erection of CCTV dome - permitted
- PA 99/1206 - installation of replacement cash machine - permitted and
- PA 02/1222 - erection of advertising signage - permitted.
The Proposal
Proposed now is the installation of CCTV camera which is designed to look like a light suspended on a wrought iron decorative bracket. A similar unit is already in place on the wall of the Port Erin Gaslight and Aerated Waters Company shop alongside. This does not provide coverage of the front of the bank. I cannot find any planning permission for the existing camera.
Assessment
The security system is very nicely designed and would not look out of place on the front of the building.
Conservation Officer'S Supplementary Report:
The Barclays Bank is a Registered Building (RB 030) and located within the Castletown Conservation Area. I have therefore considered the content of the application with particular consideration to POLICY RB/5 ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS and Policy CA/2 SPECIAL PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS for Conservation Areas as set out within Planning Policy Statement 1/01.
The proposed is the installation of a security camera at least 15ft above finished floor level on the left hand side of the registered building façade facing into the Square. The camera is relatively small in scale and designed in a heritage fashion.
One concern is that the increasing number of this type of equipment may in time, be detrimental to the character of the Conservation Area if there are too many of them. It is noticeable that there is another one within two metres of this one and you wonder whether one camera could do the job of two. However, given its relatively minor scale, height above the ground, colour and design this proposal is acceptable.
Party Status
The Department of Transport and the local authority are, by virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2005, paragraph 6 (5) (c) and (d), considered "interested persons" and as such should be afforded party status.
Recommendation
Recommended Decision: Permitted
Date of Recommendation: 22.11.2006
Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal
C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal
- : Notes attached to refusals
C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
C 2. This permission relates to the installation of a security camera as shown in the drawings and information received on 20th September, 2006.
I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular Nos 44/05 (Delegation of Functions to Director of Planning and Building Control) and 47/05 (Delegation of Functions to Senior Planning Officer)
Decision Made : Permitted Date : 23/11/06
Signed : M. I. McCauley Director of Planning and Building Control
