DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 19/00294/D Applicant: Mr Vladimir Stefanov Proposal: Installation of illuminated signage Site Address: 4 Prospect Terrace Woodbourne Road Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 3AL Planning Officer: Mr Owen Gore Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 03.06.2019 _________________________________________________________________

Conditions and Notes for Approval

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions C 1. 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. Plans/Drawings/Information; This planning permission relates to the following plans and documents: -

• Drawing No.5/62/10 - Proposed Sign details
• Drawing No.5/62/11 - Existing and Proposed Plans and Elevations Site Plan Location Plan Date-stamped as having been received 11 March 2019 _______________________________________________________________

Interested Person Status – Additional Persons

None _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report

1.0 SITE - 1.1 The application site is a former bank on Prospect terrace on Woodbourne Road, opposite Rosemount Hotel pub. The property is the second property in the row of shops between Windsor Road and Sydney Street.

1.2 The application site is within a shopping area on the edge of the town centre, as shown in the Douglas Local Plan and is within the Woodbourne Road Conservation Area.

2.0 PROPOSAL - 2.1 The proposal is for the installation of illuminated signage to half of the front elevation above the main entrance door and the adjacent shop window.

3.0 PLANNING POLICY Local Area Plan - Douglas Local Plan 1998 Site Designation - 'Predominantly Shopping Use' The following policies are particularly relevant to this proposal:-

Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 General Policy 2 (GP2) - Development within land-use zones; Environment Policy 37 (EP37) - Adverts within Conservation Areas;

In the assessment it is most relevant to consider The Control of Advertisements Regulations 2013 which makes clear that the only considerations which can be applied to applications made under them are in the interests of amenity and public safety. In the case of amenity, such things as the general characteristics of the area need to be taken into account along with the presence of any features of historic, architectural, cultural or similar interest and the public safety should consider the safety of any person using a road, railway, tramway, harbour or aerodrome including the obscuration of any traffic sign or similar

4.0 PLANNING HISTORY The previous planning applications are not considered to be specifically material in the assessment of the current application. - 5.0 REPRESENTATIONS Copies of representations received can be viewed on the government's website. This report contains summaries only. Douglas Borough Council

• o No Objection (dated 05 April 2019) Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
• o No comments provided at the time of writing Neighbours' views
• o No comments received

- 6.0 ASSESSMENT

6.1 As stated above, in the case of amenity, as per the Advertisements Regulations 2013, such things as the general characteristics of the area need to be taken into account along with the presence of any protected features i.e. Conservation Areas. - 6.2 The application site is within an area of Predominantly Shopping Use and although it itself is not a shop, it is a town centre use within an area of established commerce; there are several units within this row that currently operate as take-away premises and/or restaurants, all of which have typical town centre style advertisement signage. Character and appearance

6.2 There are no alterations to the external appearance as viewed from Woodbourne Road, excluding advertisement and this it considered to be generally in keeping with the surrounding properties. The proposal would not unacceptably harm the characteristics of the existing

• building and it would preserve the character of Conservation Area. In this respect, the proposal complies with GP2 and EP37.
• 7.0 CONCLUSION

7.1 The proposal is considered acceptable in accordance with the designation within the Local Area Plan and the appropriate policies within the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. - 8.0 INTERESTED PERSON STATUS

8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 Article 6(4), the following persons are automatically interested persons:

• (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant's agent;
• (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested;
• (c) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material
• (d) Highway Services Division of Department of Infrastructure and
• (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated. 8.2 The decision maker must determine:

• o whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material; and
• o whether there are other persons to those listed in Article 6(4) who should be given Interested Person Status.

I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 05.06.2019 Determining officer

Signed : S BUTLER Stephen Butler Head of Development Management

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