23 February 2009 · Acting Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Tunis, Bircham Avenue, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 2lz
Mr John Teare applied to create off-road parking with a turning bay at the front of his property, Tunis, Bircham Avenue, Ramsey, by taking down a section of the existing garden wall (about 6.7m) and forming a dropped kerb, with the area finished in concrete.
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The two main considerations were impact on highway safety and visual amenity. In terms of highway safety, the lack of opposition from the Department of Transport Highways Division was taken as evidenc…
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in accordance with land-use zoning provided it respects site surroundings in siting/layout/scale, does not harm landscape/townscape character, amenity, road safety, or access. The officer assessed the access/parking against criteria including safe access (h), no effect on road safety (i), and respect for surroundings (b), finding compliance due to Highways non-opposition and modest scale fitting the residential street scene.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the location plan, site plan and dimension plan date stamped the 30th December 2008.
Do not oppose
No objection
Department of Transport Highways and Ramsey Town Commissioners both responded with no objection to application 08/02348/B, with Highways requesting one specific condition regarding highway works coordination.
Department of Transport Highways
Conditional No ObjectionDo not oppose subject to the imposition of the following condition; The applicant shall contact the Network Operations Section of the Department of Transport prior to carrying out any works within the highway, including the installation of dropped kerbs. Telephone 686665
Conditions requested: The applicant shall contact the Network Operations Section of the Department of Transport prior to carrying out any works within the highway, including the installation of dropped kerbs. Telephone 686665
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No ObjectionRamsey Town Commissioners considered the above application at their meeting on Wednesday 21st January, 2009 and have no objection to the proposal.
