1 November 2007 · Director of Planning and Building Control (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Car Park, The Promenade, Port St Mary, Isle Of Man, IM9 5da
The proposal involved upgrading an existing public car park with a random layout and non-uniform surface by re-surfacing the entire area with bitmac, installing lighting, adding planters for shrubs alongside pathways, providing defined parking spaces including disabled bays, introducing an in-and-out traffic flow syste…
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The officer assessed that the proposal would 'tidy up the car park and enable its more efficient and safer use.' The introduction of planting at the front, following amended plans, would result in 'a …
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This permission relates to the alterations to the car park as shown in drawings 01 received on 11th July, 2007 and 03A received on 24th September, 2007.
Landscaping maintenance
All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the development or the occupation of the dwellings, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species.
Do not oppose
No objection
All four consultees (Manx Electricity Authority, DOT Highways Division, Disability Access Office, and Port St Mary Commissioners) raised no objections to the rehabilitation of the public car park, though MEA and Disability Access Office requested specific conditions.
Key concern: Underground Cables/Overhead Lines present in the area
Manx Electricity Authority
Conditional No ObjectionThere are Underground Cables/Overhead Lines present in the area indicated in you Planning Application; The Authority wish to express their interest in the following planning applications, and request that a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority; All work to be carried out with reference to Health and Safety Executive Guidance Notes HS(G)47 & GS6
Conditions requested: a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority; Contact our Network Operations Department, Manx Electricity Authority, (Tel. 687687) to discuss working practices around Cables and Overhead Lines which may be required to be diverted before any work can be carried out on site; Contact the M.E.A. for Electrical Site Safety 5 documents, (Tel. 687766), before any work is carried out on site; MEA requires 24 hours unrestricted access to the cables in the Public Highway
DOT Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose
Disability Access Office
Conditional No ObjectionEnsure the width of all paths from the disabled parking is at least 900mm; Ensure there are handrails on both sides which should be 900mm from the floor
Conditions requested: Ensure the width of all paths from the disabled parking is at least 900mm; Ensure there are handrails on both sides which should be 900mm from the floor
Port St Mary Commissioners
No ObjectionMy Commissioners have considered the above Planning Application at their Full Board Meeting held on the 14th August 2007, to which they have no objections
