**Document:** Officer Planning Report **Application:** 09/01912/B — Erection of a public notice board **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2010-01-11 **Parish:** Rushen **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/64220-rushen-roadside-verge-abutting-station-road-public-notice-board/documents/1392603 --- # Officer Planning Report **Application No.:** 09/01912/B **Applicant:** Port Erin Commissioners **Proposal:** Erection of a public notice board **Site Address:** Roadside Verge Abutting Station Road And Adj To Ballamaddrell Castletown Road Port Erin Isle Of Man ### Considerations Case Officer : Miss S E Corlett **Expected Decision Level:** Senior Planning Officer ### Written Representations ### Consultations Consultee : Highways Division Notes: Do not oppose subject to the impositon of the following conditions Consultee : Port Erin Commissioners Notes: Defer till after 5th Jan 2010. ### Officer's Report ### The Site The site represents part of the grass verge situated on the southern side of Station Road to the west of Ballamaddrell and to the east of Edremony. The site is some 14 m from the Ballamaddrell entrance and well set back from the carriageway. ### Planning Status The site lies within an area designated on the Port Erin Local Plan of 1990 and the draft Southern Area Plan published on 23rd October, 2009 as Residential. ### Planning History There are no applications which are relevant in the consideration of this application. ### The Proposal Proposed now is the erection of a public notice board. The board will be 1 m by 0.7 m and mounted on posts up to .8 m in height. The board will have an openable clear front. ### Representations Department of Transport Highways and Traffic Division require that the board does not impede vehicular or pedestrian access. ASSESSMENT The board is situated on land which is designated for residential use and the board will have a public function without creating a visual or physical obstruction. As such the application is considered to be acceptable. PARTY STATUS The Department of Transport and the local authority are, by virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2005, paragraph 6 (5) (c) and (d), considered "interested persons" and as such should be afforded party status. Recommendation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 30.12.2009 Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal - : Notes attached to refusals C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice. C 2. This permission relates to the erection of a notice board as shown in the plans and information all received on 13th November, 2009. I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular No 09/09 Delegation of functions, 10/09 Delegation of Functions (Development Procedure), GC No 11/09 (Advertisements) and GC No 12/09 (Registered Buildings) all to the Senior Planning Officer Decision Made : Permitted Date : 31 December 2009 Signed : ______________________________ Senior Planning Officer 30 December 2009 09/01912/B Page 2 of 2 --- *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/64220-rushen-roadside-verge-abutting-station-road-public-notice-board/documents/1392603*