28 October 2003 · Planning Committee (review on written evidence)
School Warning Lights South, Braddan School, Braddan Road, Braddan, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4tq
The proposal involved extending the existing car park at Braddan Primary School from 30 confined spaces to 50 spaces with an internal circulatory system, adding 8 lighting columns, and relocating the front boundary wall, footpath, and bus layby to improve access, sight lines, and safety amid school traffic congestion.
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The Planning Committee initially approved the scheme as it improved car park access/egress, widened access, improved sight lines, reduced internal congestion with 50 spaces and circulatory system, and…
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the improvements to Braddan Primary School car park as shown in drawing reference 001 received on 18th August 2003.
Tree planting
The tree planting shown in the approved plans must be introduced in the first planting season following the date of this notice as it becomes final.
proposals discussed/agreed with DoT, DoEd, DAFF; improves safety/access; complies with standards; bus company confirmed layby adequate; DoEd satisfied short/long-term
fully supportive of scheme; Headteacher happy; Governors lack powers over premises
no views/no adverse traffic impacts
verbal confirmation to approve tree felling licence; new planting included
Braddan School Governors and Braddan Parish Commissioners both object to the application citing highway safety, inadequate parking design, insufficient bus layby, environmental impacts, and piecemeal development, recommending deferral for comprehensive traffic management plans rather than outright refusal.
Key concern: Inadequate bus layby and traffic management leading to congestion, emergency access risks, and highway safety issues on Braddan Road
Braddan School Governing Body
Conditional No Objectionthe planning application as submitted does not comply with the provisions of the Isle of Man Planning Scheme (Development Plan Order 1982); if this application was to proceed, then it should be refused; recommend that the application be deferred in order to give the applicant the opportunity to bring forward a comprehensive traffic management plan; The Governors cannot condone the expenditure of finite public resources on a scheme that does not represent sustainable development
Conditions requested: Defer application to allow comprehensive traffic management plan including safe pedestrian and traffic access; Defer to enable liaison between Department of Transport and Department of Education for overall master plan incorporating school extensions
Braddan Parish Commissioners
Objectionthe provision of the bus layby is not adequate; the proposals as put forward within the Planning Application are not adequate; request the Planning Committee refuse the application, without prejudice to a new Planning Application being submitted, which would provide a sufficient layby to accommodate all the school buses; request that the application be deferred until such time as a proper traffic management survey had been carried out
