23 March 2021 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Abigail Morgan)
Corlett Sons & Cowley Ltd, Main Road, Union Mills, Isle Of Man, IM4 4ad
The proposal involves erecting two non-illuminated advertisement signs related to the business at The Old Chapel site in Union Mills, a mixed retail, residential, and industrial area. The larger sign (2m x 1.19m, white with blue and black writing on wooden poles) is proposed within the boundary stone wall at the Main R…
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The officer assessed the signage against the Control of Advertisements Regulations 2013, which limit considerations to amenity (general area characteristics, historic/architectural features) and publi…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, scale, design; not adversely affect townscape character or local amenity. Officer assessed signage as not harming the prominent Old Chapel, stone walling, or mixed-use area character, with no undue impact despite residential zoning.
General Policy 6
Permits advertisements in towns/villages if high design standard, relate well to building/site, in keeping with area, and no highway hazard. Officer found signs met all criteria: common gateway style, appropriate materials/colours, logical positioning, no safety issues per Highway Services.
General Policy 7
Generally does not permit advertisements on sites/buildings other than those they relate to. Main Road sign accepted as most logical client access position despite not being on industrial estate land, with no undue 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.
Sign location
The location of the sign along Main Road must be installed as per the location plan dated 27th January 2020. Reason: In the interests of Highway Safety and for the benefit of doubt.
Do not oppose... no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network efficiency and/or parking subject to the signboard proposed at the junction being positioned behind the wall to avoid the sight line being obstructed.
No flood risk management interest.
As the sign would be fixed on two posts concreted in the ground, it would have very small impact to the tree... The department would not object to this proposal.
Braddan Parish Commissioners objected due to restricted sightlines and increased traffic concerns, while DOI Highways, DOI Flood Risk Management, and DEFA Forestry raised no objections with minor conditions or notes.
Key concern: restricted sightlines
Braddan Parish Commissioners
ObjectionThe Board wished to object to the above planning application as it would appear to restrict sightlines.; Further to this matter the Clerk was asked to raise with the Highways Section of DoI the Commissioners’ concerns over the increase in traffic flow to the site, which they felt was unacceptable.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Flood Risk Management
No ObjectionNFRMI; No Flood Risk Management interest
DEFA Forestry
No ObjectionAs the sign will be fixed on two posts concreated in the ground, it will have a very small impact to the tree, however the tree is likely to fully recover. The department would not object to this proposal.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionDo not oppose; Highway Services find it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network efficiency and /or parking subject to the signboard proposed at the junction being positioned behind the wall to avoid the sight line being obstructed.
Conditions requested: signboard proposed at the junction being positioned behind the wall to avoid the sight line being obstructed
