10 June 2014 · Planning Committee
Rileys Garden Centre, Cooil Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 2af
The proposal involves installing six signs across the site at Rileys Garden Centre, Robinsons, and Eden Business Park, including a 4.2m high triangular prism digital sign (Sign A), pole-mounted signs for the garden centre (Signs B and C), curved rendered wall signs at entrances (Signs D1 and D2), and an internal direct…
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The officer assessed the proposal solely against General Policy 8, which permits advertisements in rural areas if located on/near premises, not detracting from area/landscape appearance, using traditi…
General Policy 8
GP8 permits external advertisements in rural areas if on/near premises, not detracting from area/landscape, using traditional materials unless inappropriate, minimal hooded essential illumination, no highway hazard, and no ecological lighting impact. Officer applied this despite site's mixed industrial use, testing signage location, materials (accepted modern over traditional due to context), visual impact (conditioned), highway safety (deferred to Highways), and lighting (details conditioned). Agent accepted policy applicability; farmhouse setting considered but not policy-barred.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Lighting in accordance with drawings
There shall be no external lighting of the development hereby approved other than in accordance with the lighting shown on the approved drawings. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.
Lighting details approval
Details of the proposed lighting units, the strength of lighting proposed for them and hooding proposed shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority prior to any lighting being installed on the site. Such lighting shall be installed and retained in accordance with those approved details. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.
No approval for text/uses
Notwithstanding the photomontage imagery submitted as part of the application, no approval is given or inferred for the text contained therein or the uses implied. Reason: For the avoidance of doubt.
No intermittent illumination
The signage hereby granted consent shall, where illuminated, not be illuminated by an intermittent source. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.
Illumination hours
The signage shall not be illuminated except between 6.30am and 10.30pm. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.
Remove existing signage
All Other signage within the application site that fronts Cooil Road shall be removed within one week of the signage hereby granted consent being erected. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.
no objection, even after query on digital element; no specific conditions required for illumination
