Officer Planning Report

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Officer's Report

Description Of Application Site

• The application site is Jurby Primary School which situated on the northern side of A14 within Jurby.
• The site is within a predominantly residential area.
• To the north of the application site is the residential property of East View
• On the opposite side of the A14 is Jurby Industrial Estate

Proposal

• The proposal is to erect a nine disabled ramps along with handrails

Relevant Planning History

• 02/02175/B – Relocation of 'Beryl's Bus' with landscaping in school grounds, to provide school/youth facility – granted 21.03.2003

• 01/02314/B – Location of mobile nursery classroom – granted 19.04.2002
• 03/01928/B – 93/00860/B - Erection of 2 floodlighting poles, playing area - granted

Development Plan Policies

• Isle of Man Planning Scheme (Development Plan Order) 1982
• Isle of Man Strategic Plan (Modified Draft) 2004; GP2, CP3

Statutory Consultation Responses

• DoT – No comments received
• Jurby Commissioners – No comments received

Public Responses

• Press notice were posted on 8/12/05 and 16/3/06
• Disability Access Office has commented – Measurement and any other information for ramps and steps can be obtained from the disabilities access office.

Issues

• In respect of the impact on the street scene, the primary school building is on a lower ground level than the public highway to the front of the school. The frontage of the school is open in character with very little vegetation growing along the boundary. 4 of the proposed disabled ramps will be visible from the public highway. However 2 of them are set a significant distance back from the public highway and will be obscured by the school at certain vantage points. The two disabled ramps set between 15 m and 20m from the front boundary will be significant structures in there own right and will be visible from the public highway at all time due to the limited amount of vegetation. However, I do not consider the proposed development will cause any significant impact on the visual amenities of the locality.
• The remaining 5 disabled ramps are set to the rear of the building that faces towards the school playing fields. These ramps will not be visible from the public highway and will not adversely affect the visual amenities of the locality.

Conclusion

I therefore recommend that permission be granted subject to conditions in the attached schedule.

Recommendation

Recommended Decision: Permitted

Date of Recommendation: 07.04.2006

Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal

• : Notes attached to refusals

C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

C 2.

This permission relates to the erection of disabled ramps and step as shown in drawing numbers D01; D02 Rev A; D03 and D04 date stamped 8th December 2005; D05; D06; D07; D08; D09 and D10 date stamped 8th March 2005.

I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular Nos 44/05 (Delegation of Functions to Director of Planning and Building Control) and 47/05 (Delegation of Functions to Senior Planning Officer)

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 7/4/06

Signed : M. I. McCauley Director of Planning and Building Control