27 June 2024 · Planning Committee
Street Record, Larivane Close, Andreas, Isle Of Man, IM7 4hd
The proposal involved placing four 9m tall wooden telegraph poles (250-300mm diameter, projecting 7-7.5m above ground) on the public footpath adjacent to boundaries between properties 1/3, 4/5, 9/10, and 17/18 in Larivane Close, Andreas, with overhead network cables connecting to 18 bungalows for ultrafast fibre broadb…
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The Planning Committee declined the officer's recommendation for approval, determining that the installation of four wooden telegraph poles and associated cabling in a streetscene of bungalows would h…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect siting/design (b) and avoid harmful visual impact (c). Officer found proposal compliant as poles follow best practice and cause limited harm, but Committee ruled height/size/scale adversely affects bungalow streetscene character.
Strategic Policy 1
Development should make best use of resources (c) by expanding telecoms infrastructure. Officer supported principle in residential area.
Strategic Policy 4
Assessed (b) for trees/hedges; no adverse impact from pole installation method.
Strategic Policy 3 - To respect the character of our towns and villages
Site in Andreas settlement boundary zoned residential; supports principle of development.
Environmental Policy 22
Safeguard amenities/environment; no nuisance from operation (iii).
No significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking, as there is a retained 1.2m minimum width footway achieved at the pole location.
No objection.
Applications facilitate delivery of fibre network under National Broadband Plan; telecoms network is critical national infrastructure.
Highway Services and Climate Change Team have no objections to the application, while Digital Isle of Man supports it as part of the National Broadband Plan, but Andreas Parish Commissioners strongly object due to visual impact and regression to overhead lines in an underground service area.
Key concern: introduction of unsightly overhead poles and wires in area currently served by underground services, constituting visual pollution and regression from modern standards
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking as there is a retained 1.2m minimum width footway achieved at pole locations.
Digital Isle of Man
Supportthe Digital Agency reiterates its support for these proposals which will deliver on the Island Plan’s ‘Outstanding lifelong learning and development opportunities for all’; telecom networks are universally agreed to be vital for the betterment of society and the economy as a whole; Both reports considered that such networks form part of the Islands critical national infrastructure (CNI)
Climate Change Transformation Team
No ObjectionI have reviewed each one and on behalf of the Climate Change Transformation Team confirm that we have no objections to these applications.
Andreas Parish Commissioners
ObjectionAndreas Parish Commissioners have now considered the above plans as received 22nd March 2024 and strongly object to this application.; The Commissioners are concerned that this is a backward step for bringing fibre to homes and businesses on the Island, and other options must be found.
