1 June 2005 · Planning Committee on review (written evidence)
Welch House, Church Road, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 1bf
The proposal sought retrospective approval for advertisement signage on a wooden structure located on land to the entrance way of Welch House, Church Road, Onchan. Welch House is a Registered Building (RB122) within the Onchan Conservation Area.
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The officer assessed the signage as unacceptably visually obtrusive due to its size, position, and location within the Onchan Conservation Area and adjacent to Welch House (RB122).
Policy O/CARB/P/1
Policy protects the character of Onchan Conservation Area. The signage's size, position and location made it visually obtrusive, harming the area's character and the setting of Welch House, failing the policy test.
Planning Policy Statement 1/01 - Policy CA/2 (Conservation Areas)
Requires protection of conservation areas and settings of Registered Buildings. Signage adversely affected both, with specific reference to advertisement control impacting buildings and neighbourhoods, and curtilage protection.
no adverse traffic impacts
Onchan Commissioners and Friends of Onchan Heritage objected to the retrospective signage application due to its incompatibility with the Onchan Conservation Area and Registered Building protections, while DOT Highways raised no objections regarding traffic impacts.
Key concern: sign out of keeping with Onchan Conservation Area and Registered Building curtilage protections per Planning Policy Statement 1/01
Onchan Commissioners
Objection"The Registration of the builders confers protection not only on the building but extends to its full curtilage."; "All external advertisements affect not only the appearance of the building upon which they are displayed but also the neighbourhood where the building is located."; The Commissioners would recommend that the application be REFUSED
DOT Highways
No ObjectionNo adverse traffic impacts.; The siting of the sign behind the boundary wall would improve the security of the sign and reduce the likelihood of it being vandalised.
Friends of Onchan Heritage
ObjectionWhat is proposed is too large, too brash and too prominent.; Any signage relevant to the occupation of this business should take the form of a traditionally lettered professional plate either attached to the door or the structure subject to Registered Building consent being sought.; We are totally opposed to the current application.
