Erection of two storey unit retail area / 178 seat cinema / lecture theatre, 80 seat restaurant with associated services and erection of 2 &3 storey...

no objection to proposal

enthusiastically embraces the proposal for community and planning benefits, enhances area, measured scheme

no adverse traffic impacts, subject to conditions

Size of Car Park | Number of Disabled spaces: Up to 200 spaces | 5% of car park (min 3 spaces); Over 200 spaces | 4% of car park plus 4 spaces

Conditions requested: Entrance should be accessible to an unassisted wheelchair user; Full length glass doors fitted they should be marked in some way at mid height to assist people with sight impairment; Doors should not be so heavy as to require a pulling force exceeding twenty Newtons, measured at the leading edge, to open the door; Inside layout should have sufficient aisle width as to allow an unassisted wheelchair user to manoeuvre; All serving counters should contain at least one section suitable for wheelchair users; All reception counters should contain at least one section suitable for wheelchair users; Where public toilet facilities are provided this should include the provision of a disabled toilet; Where the building is over more than one level then a lift should be provided of sufficient dimensions as to allow an unassisted wheelchair user to enter, turn around and use the controls; Where auditorium seating is provided then a number of spaces should be available in different places for wheelchair users. Some should be permanent, others can be by way of removable seats; Auditoriums should be fitted with a sound induction, infra-red or other appropriate system to assist those with hearing impairment; Where fixed furniture is to be used, at least one table should have sufficient clearance as to accommodate the arms of a wheelchair; Toilet facilities should include the provision of a disabled toilet. If the provision is not to be on every floor then the horizontal distance a disabled person must travel should not exceed forty metres; If the lift to be provided is not of evacuation standards, then a fire refuge area must be established on all floors other than the ground entrance level; If a second accessible entrance exit is not available then a fire refuge area must be established on the ground entrance level; Where parking is provided, which includes provision for visitors then five percent of unassigned spaces should be designated for disabled parking; The ground or primary entrance level should include at least one entrance that is accessible to an unassisted wheelchair user; Any sanitary facilities provided which are accessible to the public should include a disabled toilet; All public corridors should be of sufficient width and free from obstruction as to allow a wheelchair user to pass other users of the corridor; The primary entrance to all apartments should be of sufficient width as to be accessible by an unassisted wheelchair user

No adverse traffic impacts, subject to the imposition of the following conditions; In the interests of road safety; To ensure the provision of satisfactory vehicle parking arrangements and in the interests of the needs of cyclists, the disabled and public transport users

Conditions requested: No work shall commence on site until the zebra crossing on Albert Road has been relocated to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority. This requirement also includes all necessary alterations and making good to pedestrian guardrails; The proposed retail facilities, offices, cinema/lecture theatre, apartments and restaurant shall not be occupied until a barrier controlled pay and display parking system has been installed to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority; The layout plan for the car park shall be amended to include cycle stands, public transport information display boards and disabled facilities, to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority, and the various items shall be so installed

Ramsey Town Commissioners considered the above application at their meeting on Wednesday 15th September, 2004, and have no objection to the proposal