10 January 2019 · Head of Development Management - Stephen Butler
Garage, Banks Circus, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 5af
The proposal involves installing new illuminated signage on the Seven Kingdom Distillery building, which includes a 2.5m diameter circular copper/gold logo on dark grey tantalised weather retardant board affixed to existing timber weather boarding on the front elevation, a 6.8m x 0.435m galvanised steel sign above the …
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The officer assessed the proposal against the Control of Advertisements Regulations 2013, limiting considerations to amenity and public safety.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site and surroundings in siting, layout, scale, form, design; not adversely affect townscape character or local amenity. Officer assessed signage as respecting the contemporary building design and town centre streetscene without harm.
General Policy 6
Permits external advertisements in towns if high design standard, relate well to building/site, in keeping with area, no highway hazard. Officer found signage meets high standard, relates to building, appropriate to area, safe due to static lighting.
General Policy 7
Restricts off-site advertisements in towns. Proposal is on-site signage so policy not restrictive; officer noted relevance due to town location.
Environment Policy 38
Requires advertisements near Conservation Areas to respect and preserve character/appearance, protect views. Site bounds Conservation Area; officer confirmed proposal preserves character with no adverse views impact.
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.
no objection to the application (14.12.18)
Douglas Borough Council has no objections to the erection of illuminated signage at 18/01263/D.
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council has no objections to the listed applications.; It should be noted that the comments are made in relation to the Town and Country Planning Acts and does not imply approval or consent under any other relevant enactment, byelaw, order or regulation.
