18 April 2008 · Planning Committee
Gas Undertakings, Battery Pier, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 5bs
The proposal involved installing two horizontal 200 tonne LPG storage vessels alongside the existing 600 tonne mounded tank at the Manx Gas fuel storage facility on Princess Alexandra Pier, adjacent to Battery Pier and the sea wall.
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The principal issues were visual amenity and public safety. For visual amenity, the proposed mounded tanks would blend with the existing 600 tonne mounded LPG tank visible from Douglas Head, without a…
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 requires development to respect amenity and character. The officer assessed the mounded, grassed design as having minimal visual impact from key viewpoints, blending with existing LPG mounds and structures in the harbour area.
Environment Policy 29
Environment Policy 29 relates to environmental impacts in sensitive areas. Applied to harbour zoning under Douglas Local Plan 1998; the proposal was found acceptable due to low visual impact and safety improvements in this industrial harbour context.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This permission relates to the installation of two 200 Tonne LPG tanks as shown in drawing numbers 100 Rev C, 102 Rev C, 300 Rev D, 301 Rev D and supporting statement by Holmes Grace Consulting Engineers Limited date stamped 9th November 2007.
Seeding
All seeding comprised in the approved plans must be carried out in the first seeding season following the completion of the development.
Removal of existing tanks
Within 6 months of the commissioning of the new LPG tanks, the existing tanks must be de-commissioned and removed from their site.
No objection
None received (no objection implied)
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