12 December 2007 · Council of Ministers
Unit 230, Jurby Industrial Estate, Jurby, Isle Of Man, IM7 3bd
The proposal involves creating a 7.3m wide new spine road through the Jurby Industrial Estate, starting from a new junction on the A14 east of Jurby School and connecting to an upgraded junction on the A10, including traffic calming, footpaths, landscaping, street lighting, and a zebra crossing near the school.
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The inspector agreed with the Planning Directorate that the new access road is a vast improvement on the existing substandard layout derived from former airfield use, which is inappropriate for indust…
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of the notice.
Approved plans
The approval relates to the submitted documents and drawings PL001, PL002, PL003 and PL004 received on 6 August 2007.
Surface water drainage
There must be no discharge of surface water from the access road to any foul drainage system so as to comply with the requirements of the Department of Transport Drainage Division and the Sewerage Act 1999.
Sewer protection
Public foul sewerage crosses this site. The sewers must be fully protected whilst all engineering works are being carried out. The applicant is required to contact the Drainage Division prior to any work commencing on site.
Landscaping
The proposed planting, hedging and banking shown on the submitted drawings is to be provided within the first planting and seeding season following completion of the proposed accesses and access road. Any tree or shrub which within 5 years from the completion of the development dies, is removed or becomes seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with another of similar size and species unless the planning authority gives written consent to any variation.
Recommended approval as vast improvement on existing roads, enhances safety especially for school
No objection, design complies with Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
No objection after meeting, withdraw previous concerns and support scheme, request consultation on lighting
Multiple consultees including Jurby Parish Commissioners, DOT Highways, DOT Drainage, and Manx Electricity Authority responded to the planning application for a new access road in Jurby Industrial Estate, with all expressing no objection or support after initial concerns were addressed.
Key concern: Underground Cables/Overhead Lines present in the area
Jurby Parish Commissioners
Supportthe Commissioners therefore wish to withdraw their objections to the proposed scheme and instead give support to it; the Commissioners agree that the junctions of the estate road with the A10 and A14 should have more lighting
Conditions requested: junctions of the estate road with the A10 and A14 should have more lighting than the remainder of the new estate road, and perhaps the siting of lighting along this section of the roadway can agreed at a later date
Department of Transport Highway Division
No ObjectionDo Not Oppose this planning application; The road design complies with the Design Manual for Road and Bridge Works and these standards will be applicable for the standard of highway construction
Department of Transport Drainage Division
Conditional No ObjectionNo Objection in principle, subject to the following conditions
Conditions requested: There must be NO discharge of surface water from the access road to any foul drainage system so as to comply with the requirements of the Department of Transport Drainage Division and the Sewerage Act 1999; The sewers must be fully protected whilst all engineering works are being carried out. The applicant is required to contact the Drainage Division prior to any work commencing on site
Manx Electricity Authority
Conditional No ObjectionThere are Underground Cables/Overhead Lines present in the area indicated in you Planning Application
Conditions requested: the applicant must contact the Authority; Contact our Network Operations Department... 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... before any work is carried out on site; MEA requires 24 hours unrestricted access to the cables in the Public Highway
The original application for a new access road through the industrial estate with upgraded accesses to the A14 and A10 was permitted, but the document indicates an inspector's report under written representations, implying an appeal process. The proposal aims to improve the estate's road layout from its former airfield use, enhancing safety for heavy goods vehicles and bypassing traffic past Jurby School. The Planning Directorate, Highways Division, Drainage Division, Jurby Parish Commissioners, and Manx Electricity Authority raised no objections, with some requesting conditions or informatives. The inspector agreed with the Planning Director's positive assessment, finding no policy conflict, significant highway safety benefits, and appropriate landscaping. Permission was recommended subject to conditions.
Precedent Value
This appeal sets precedent that infrastructure upgrades in established industrial estates, particularly improving HGVs access and public safety, will be strongly supported where technical consultees approve and no policy conflict exists. Future applicants should secure early Highways Division support and emphasise public safety benefits.
Inspector: Andrew D Kirby RD* MA MSc FRTPI
