8 August 2023
Gatekeepers Cottage, Douglas Road, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 3ab
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DOI Highways requested additional information and amendments due to highway safety concerns from intensified lane use; Malew Parish Commissioners objected citing residential-only suitability; private residents from Arborfield and 39 Alberta Drive raised objections on amenity impacts, highway safety, and railway halt feasibility.
Key concern: highway safety due to inadequate visibility splays, passing places, and lane capacity for intensified traffic
DOI Highways
Conditional No ObjectionA Stage One Road Safety Audit should be submitted along with the application.; Due to the significant increase in vehicular traffic using this access, created by the proposal, the 160m minimum splay distance will have to be met.; Highway Services request the following alterations/information to be provided in order to complete the assessment of the proposal
Conditions requested: Increase in the visibility splay distance to 160m or provide speed data; A passing place added on the outside of the first bend; A passing place added approximately halfway along the straight section; An increase in the width of the lane from the point the active travel route meets the lane to the restaurant access to provide 2m wide pedestrian/cycle section; Delivery and collection movements, including waste storage and removal and days and hours of operation; Swept paths for larger vehicle movement, including coaches within the turning area; A Stage 1 Road Safety Audit; Section plans showing levels of the pedestrian steps and lane heading towards railway crossing; Additional accessible parking space; Bicycle parking provision; Cycle and pedestrian crossing facility onto the bypass in accordance with LTN 1/20
Malew Parish Commissioners
Objectionthey object to planning application 22/00493/B ... as they think the property should remain as residential only.
Arborfield Douglas Road
ObjectionWe therefore would ask that the application is turned down.; The proposal for a change of use from residential to commercial restaurant does not fit this zoning.
39 Alberta Drive
ObjectionThis statement is untrue, as since the construction of the railway line in 1874 there has never been a halt at Ballawoods.; Ballawoods is a thoroughly unsuitable location for a halt.
