Creation of vehicular access to provide off street parking to side of property (retrospective)

Refusal Reasons

• ✗There is no lawful existing vehicular crossing from the site onto the highway. The dropped kerbs and tactile paving that exist on the highway footpath in front of the property is a pedestrian crossing point with a 1.2m wide tactile paving square that has not been constructed to accommodate the weight of vehicles. The pedestrian crossing is located to encourage pedestrians, particularly vulnerable individuals, such as blind and partially sighted users to cross the A2 highway at this point which has the benefit of a centrally positioned traffic island. The use of this dropped kerb to provide for vehicular access/egress to the site would directly conflict with the function of the pedestrian crossing at this point and be unlawful.
• ✗The vehicular access and egress onto the site is located directly opposite a splitter island positioned centrally within the A2 highway on its approach to the roundabout. This would result in cars turning right out of the driveway having to drive on the wrong side of Governors Road for a short stretch of road against the flow of traffic. Also, cars would not be able to manoeuvre safely in order to turn right into the driveway especially if other vehicles on Governors Road were approaching the roundabout eastbound past the site at the same time. As such, the use of the vehicular access and egress provided for the property would be detrimental to highway safety and fail to comply with General Policy 2 (h), (i) of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 in this respect.