7 January 2013 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer
Land Adjacent To And North Of Junction Of New Road And, Mines Road, Laxey, Isle Of Man, IM4 7az
The proposal involved installing a carved limestone statue of a kneeling miner on a multi-tiered granite and slate plinth (total height up to 2.1m plinth plus 1.5m statue) on a 2.2x2.2m base, alongside stone steps 3m wide for pedestrian access, and removing three silver birch trees, in the Heritage Garden within Laxey …
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The officer assessed impacts on Laxey Conservation Area and open space, noting Laxey's mining history and a prior timber miner statue nearby (2x2m base, now removed).
Conservation Area Policy 4 of Laxey and Lonan Area Plan Order 2005
Requires special attention to preserving/enhancing Conservation Area character. Officer judged statue enhances character, reflecting mining history and using unused land well.
Policy L/OSNC/PR/1
General presumption against development in designated open space. Exception applied as site peripheral to residential area, statue forms acceptable focal point without harm.
General Policy 3
Permits development outside zoned areas if for heritage interpretation. Statue qualified under 'buildings or works required for interpretation of... heritage'.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving/enhancing Conservation Area character. Proposal enhances via mining tribute, no inappropriate features.
Policy L/RES/PR1
Mentioned in conclusion as complied with; relates to residential context where site is on periphery of proposed residential use.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval for the erection of a statue and creation of additional pedestrian access via the formation of steps relates to DRG No LM/100/1 date stamped 26th November 2012.
No Adverse traffic impact
Highways Traffic Engineer responded with no adverse traffic impact for PA 12/01571/B.
Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Adverse traffic impact
