29 November 2007 · Director of Planning and Building Control (M. I. McCauley)
Isle Of Man Fire & Rescue Service, Fire Station, Farrants Way, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1nr
The proposal involved installing a 12.5m high monopole mast with two 3m transmitting aerials on top, reaching 15.5m overall, plus floodlights to illuminate the station's forecourt and car park, located to the front of Castletown Fire Station on Farrants Way.
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The officer noted the Fire Service's operational need to resolve pager alerting failures in Castletown and Port St Mary areas due to signal blockage from adjacent Castle Court Apartments, affecting ca…
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 (relevant per officer report, full name not stated). Assessed as compliant overall, with operational needs outweighing minor visual impacts in this urban street scene context.
Infrastructure Policy 3
Requires balancing communications infrastructure needs against environmental impact, presuming against visually intrusive masts except for strategic national need not achievable by sharing or alternatives. Officer applied by weighing Fire Service's essential alerting system upgrade (strategic public safety need) against visual harm, finding front location and sky backdrop acceptable despite some street scene impact.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This permission relates to the monopole aerial base with associated aerials and lighting as shown in drawing numbers 1776/1, 1776/2, 1776/3, B/MERC/7619 Rev A, C/RSL/7784 Rev A, the Mast Details from Francis & Lewis International Ltd, and the statement from the Operational Support Department of the Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service all date stamped 20th September 2007.
Floodlight details
Before the installation of the floodlights, details of the floodlighting units, the spillage of light, and the direction of control of the floodlights shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority and thereafter no alterations to the floodlights shall occur without the approval in writing of the planning authority.
Mast colouring
Within one month of the installation of the mast hereby approved, it shall be colour coated in full accordance with the details to be submitted and approved in writing by the planning authority.
No objection
Supporting statement explaining operational need to fix pager signal failures due to new apartments
