27 July 2011 · Planning Committee
Field 315982, Curragh Road, St Johns, Isle Of Man, IM4 3ln
The proposal involved creating a new field access with hardstanding for residential parking by repositioning gates, lowering hedges to 0.95m, and removing six mature trees (sycamores and ashes) obstructing visibility on Curragh Road, a strategic route with 85% of traffic at 42mph.
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The officer assessed that the proposed access fails highway safety standards as it cannot provide adequate visibility splays of 2.4x120m (reduced from 160m due to no accidents), even after removing tr…
Transport Policy 4
Requires new highways/accesses serving development to accommodate generated traffic/pedestrians safely and in accordance with environmental objectives. Officer found proposal fails as visibility splays inadequate for safe egress onto busy strategic route, prejudicing highway safety.
General Policy 3
Restricts countryside development to listed exceptions (e.g. agriculture, conversions); new access not permitted. Proposal deemed unacceptable as it requires significant boundary/tree changes without qualifying exception.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside/ecology from adverse development unless overriding national need. Tree removal and bank realignment would harm character of high landscape value area, with no sufficient justification.
support removal of two ash trees encroaching over highway and removal or limbing of remaining two trees south of gateway due to operational issues for buses
Highways Division recommends refusal of application 11/00810/B due to inadequate visibility splays on the strategic A3 route.
Key concern: Unable to achieve required visibility splays of 2.4 x 160m (or reduced 120m) over land within ownership on strategic A3 route
Department of Infrastructure Highways Division
ObjectionRecommend Refusal; The applicant is unable to achieve the reduced splays of 120 metres over land within their ownership; traffic mirrors should only be used to provide improved visibility for "existing" properties in rural locations where there is light traffic of low speeds, eg, a Country Lane; It was suggest to the applicant that the creation of "lay-by" parking maybe more preferable
