Planning Officer Report Recommendation

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Officer's Report

Site

The property Co-Op market Town, 3 Christian Street, Ramsey, is a large detached building on a corner plot, which is located on the northern side of Albert Street and east of Christian Street.

Land Use Zoning

The property has been zoned under the Ramsey Local Plan Order 1998 as been in an area of Mixed Use (town centre); the site is not within a Conservation Area.

Proposal

The application proposes the erection of a total of 14 signs on and around the property which display the Co-Op Ramsey logo as well as associated signs.

Representations

Ramsey Town Commissioners – no objection

We have received no privately written representations objecting to the application.

Assessment / recommendation

Issues to be considered with the application include:-

(A) Appearance

Appearance

The proposed signage is most very small signs which will have little or no impact upon the visual appearance of the street scene or that of the property itself. The signages with the potential of having the most impact upon the street scene are signs I and H (on elevation 3 and 2). Sign I (elevation 3) will be seen from Albert Road and is proposed to have the letters of the sign illuminated. The illumination of this sign might have been a slight concern if it was directly facing residential properties but as this sign faces Albert Road School I do not consider this an issue. Again, possible same concern with Sign H (same as sign I), regarding directly opposite residential properties, however again this is not an issue as the adjacent property 7 Albert Road is a retail property (HSS Hire Shop).

For these reasons the proposal would seem appropriate in this location and therefore my recommendation is for an approval.

I consider that the following meet the criteria of Government Circular 1/06 and should be afforded interested party status:

Ramsey Town Commissioners Highways Division

Recommendation

Recommended Decision: Permitted

Date of Recommendation: 22.08.2006

Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal

• : Notes attached to refusals

C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

C 2. This approval relates to the submitted documents and drawings 01221/1, RAMSEY-1, RAMSEY-2, RAMSEY-3, RAMSEY-4, RAMSEY-5 and RAMSEY-6 all received on 19th July 2006.

I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular Nos 44/05 (Delegation of Functions to Director of Planning and Building Control) and 47/05 (Delegation of Functions to Senior Planning Officer)

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 25/8/06

Signed : M. I. McCauley Director of Planning and Building Control