26 March 2013 · Planning Committee
Whilo, 70, Bucks Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 3af
The site is a combined retail unit (convenience store) spanning numbers 70 and 72 Bucks Road in a terrace of 3-storey properties with ground-floor retail uses in a predominantly residential zoned area of Douglas.
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The officer noted the shop front was unauthorised and deviated from approved PA 09/00505/B, leading to enforcement action, but the proposed modifications—replacing uPVC panels with glass panes and sep…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, scale, form, design; not adversely affect townscape character or amenity. Officer assessed the modified shop front against the terrace's characteristic individual ~6m-wide frontages with separate fascias; concluded splitting the fascia and glazing addressed prior harm from solid/over-scale appearance, making it in keeping with locality.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This permission relates to the retention of the existing shop front in a modified form as shown in drawings 4368/S1, 4389/P1 Rev B and 4389/P2 Rev B date stamped 29th November 2012.
Block wall mural/advertisement
The block wall behind the shop windows contained in the shop front of No.72 Bucks Road must display a non-illuminated mural or any advertisements granted consent under the Control of Advertisement Regulations 2005.
no objection to the proposals
no adverse traffic management, parking or road safety implications (from prior related appeal)
Douglas Borough Council has no objection to application 12/01603/B among several listed applications.
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Corporation have no objection to the proposals listed below.; It should be noted that the above comments are made in relation to the Town and Country Planning Acts and does not imply approval or consent under any other relevant enactment, byelaw, order or regulation.
The original application (12/00329/D) for retrospective consent to retain an illuminated fascia sign and display panels was refused by the Planning Committee for not relating well to the building/site and detracting from the surrounding area, contrary to General Policy 6(a) and (b) of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan. The appellant argued the signs fit the mixed retail area, internal panels follow industry practice, the shop front is not unlawful, and the Council's reasoning was flawed. The inspector, following a public inquiry and site visit, found the fascia sign spanning 11.8m across two units harmful to the terrace's characteristic scale of 6m frontages, despite variety in signage, and dismissed other sites as not comparable. The internal panels were acceptable as views into shops are often limited locally. The Minister accepted the inspector's recommendation to dismiss the appeal on 11 October 2012.
Precedent Value
Appeals must respect immediate street scene characteristics like unit scale over broader area variety. Unauthorised building works must be resolved via planning application before seeking linked advertisement consent.
Inspector: Stephen Amos MA(Cantab) MCD MRTPI
