29 June 2017 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer Sarah Corlett
Ocean Ford, Isle Of Man Business Park, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 4wd
The proposal involves replacing and adding signage at the Ford dealership showroom in an industrial business park area, including a large 5.8m high by 2.1m wide internally illuminated totem sign on the grass verge, two smaller 2.4m totems at the entrance, and three internally illuminated fascia signs on the building el…
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The officer found the signage acceptable in principle as it relates directly to the site's use as a vehicle dealership and reflects its occupants.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, not adversely affect landscape/townscape/amenity/road safety. Officer assessed signage scale, position, illumination against these tests, finding no harm as appropriately sited, not obtrusive, and compliant with business park zoning.
General Policy 6
Permits external advertisements in towns/villages if high design standard, relate well to building/site, in keeping with area, no highway hazard. Officer confirmed signs meet all criteria: high standard materials, appropriate scale/design for dealership, consistent with commercial locality along Cooil Road, sited to avoid safety issues.
General Policy 7
Generally does not permit advertisements on sites/buildings other than those they relate to. All proposed signs are on the dealership site/building they advertise, so compliant; no off-site elements.
Time limit
The advertisement(s) hereby granted consent shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice. Reason: To avoid the accumulation of unimplemented advertisement consents.
Illumination hours
The advertisements hereby granted consent shall not be illuminated outside the hours of 0630 - 2230. Reason: In the interests of amenity and/or public safety.
no objection
do not oppose; signage outside visibility splays of accesses and junction, no detriment to highway safety
Braddan Parish Commissioners and DOI Highways Division raised no objections to the signage installation at Ocean Ford Garage, while Manx Utilities objected to the location of one sign over their underground cables.
Key concern: location of the sign in position A which will be over our cable
Braddan Parish Commissioners
No Objectionit was unanimously resolved that they had no objections to them; PA17/00423/D - Mr G Bradford - Installation of illuminated & non-illuminated signage - Ford, IOM Business Park, Cooil Road, Braddan, IM2 4WD
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose; I am satisfied these signs will be erected outside of the visibility envelope of both the access into the dealership and the adjacent priority junction so as to not to cause any detriment to highway safety.; The proposals are therefore acceptable from a highways aspect.
Manx Utilities
ObjectionManx Utilities object to the location of the sign in position A which will be over our cable.; There are underground cables present in the area indicated in your planning application.
Conditions requested: contact our Network Operations Department, Manx Utilities (Tel. 687687) to discuss working practices around cables which may be required to be diverted before any work can be carried out on site.; Contact the Manx Utilities for Electrical Site Safety 5 documents, (Tel. 687766), before any work is carried out on site.
