**Document:** DEC Officer Report **Application:** 19/00411/D — Installation of signage **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2019-05-30 **Parish:** Rushen **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/29751-rushen-public-shelter-near-to-bay-signage/documents/1048025 --- # DEC Officer Report **Application No.:** 19/00411/D **Applicant:** Port Erin Paddleboards **Proposal:** Installation of signage **Site Address:** Public Shelter Near To Bay Hotel Shore Road Port Erin Isle of Man **Planning Officer:** Mr Nick Salt **Expected Decision Level:** Officer Delegation **Recommended Decision:** Permitted **Date of Recommendation:** 17.05.2019 _________________________________________________________________ ## Conditions and Notes for Approval C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions C 1. The advertisement(s) hereby granted consent shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice. Reason: To avoid the accumulation of unimplemented advertisement consents. Plans/Drawings/Information: This decision relates to the following plans and drawings, date stamped received on 4th April 2019: - o Site Plan - o Site Images - o Proposed elevation drawing - o Sign details - o Final Render _______________________________________________________________ ### Interested Person Status – Additional Persons None _____________________________________________________________________________ ### Officer’s Report 1.0 THE SITE - 1.1 The application site is the southernmost of two public shelters along the Port Erin Promenade off Shore Road. 2.0 THE PROPOSAL - 2.1 The application seeks approval for the installation of signage on the front elevation of the shelter, featuring an image of a paddle boarder 0.85m in diameter and 30cm high text. The signage would be affixed to the existing wall. 3.0 PLANNING HISTORY - 3.1 There is a related application seeking to convert the shelter into a storage unit for paddleboards, the two applications are linked (19/00269/B). 4.0 DEVELOPMENT PLAN POLICIES - 4.1 The application site is located within an area identified as Mixed Use in the Area Plan for the South, and in a proposed Conservation Area. It is not within the current Conservation Area. - 4.2 In terms of strategic plan policy, the Isle of Man Strategic Plan contains the following policy that is considered specifically material to the assessment of this current planning application: - 4.3 General Policy 6 states: "Within our towns and villages, the display of external advertisements will be permitted on the site or building to which they relate provided they: - (a) are of a high standard of design and materials and relate well to the building and site on which they are to be displayed; - (b) are in keeping with and do not detract from the surrounding area; and - (c) are located so as not to cause a highway safety hazard." 5.0 REPRESENTATIONS - 5.1 DoI Highways have stated that there is no highways interest in this application (01.05.19). - 5.2 Port Erin Commissioners support the application (15.05.19). 6.0 ASSESSMENT - 6.1 The main issue to be considered in the assessment of this application is the impact of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the street scene. - 6.2 The signage would be directly related to the proposed use of the shelter as a storage facility for paddleboards, which is a tourist attraction in Port Erin. The signage proposed would not be of a size of design considered out of place on a beachfront such as Port Erin Promenade and is not within an existing Conservation Area. Impact on the character and appearance of the area would be minimal. 7.0 CONCLUSION - 7.1 On the basis that the proposed development is considered to comply with General Policy 6 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan and is recommended for approval. 8.0 INTERESTED PERSON STATUS - 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2013, the following persons are automatically interested persons: - (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant's agent; - (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested; - (c) Persons to whom notice has been given under regulation 10(3)(a)(i) - (d) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material; - (e) The Highways Division of the Department; - (f) The Ports Division of the Department; - (g) The operator of the railway or tramway; and - (h) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated. _____________________________________________________________________ I can confirm that this decision has been made by a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation. Decision Made : Permitted Date: 23.05.2019 Determining officer Signed : C BALMER Chris Balmer Principal Planner ## Customer note ## This copy of the officer report reflects the content of the file copy and has been produced in this form for the benefit of our online services/customers and archive records. --- *Data sourced from the Isle of Man public planning register under the [Isle of Man Open Government Licence](https://www.gov.im/about-this-site/open-government-licence/).* *Canonical page: https://planningportal.im/a/29751-rushen-public-shelter-near-to-bay-signage/documents/1048025*