**Document:** Highway Response
**Application:** 20/00551/D — Erection of illuminated signage
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2020-07-17
**Parish:** Braddan
**Document Type:** consultation / highways_response
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/13083-braddan-50-athol-street-signage/documents/997343

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# Highway Response

## Planning Application Response

Email: highwaysdevelopmentcontrol@gov.im Officer: SH

Date of Response: 19 June 2020 Date of Application: 26 May 2020 Application Reference: 20/00551/D Location: Address: 50 Athol Street Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 1JB Description: Erection of illuminated signage Highways Comments:

The proposal is acceptable to highways with the signage unlikely to cause a distraction on meeting the standards for brightness. Accordingly, Highway Services raise no opposition subject to the following condition being applied:

Luminance Level - At no time shall the Luminance level of the signs exceed the thresholds contained within the Institute of Lighting Professionals (ILP) guidance document PLG05 - The Brightness of Illuminated Advertisements 2015 (or any subsequent amendment/replacement to this guidance). Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and highway safety.

Recommendation: DNOC

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

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*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/13083-braddan-50-athol-street-signage/documents/997343*