5 September 2008 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control (M. I. McCauley)
Flour Mill, Mill Road, Laxey, Isle Of Man, IM4 7au
Laxey Glen Mills Limited, through agent Samson Designs, applied to erect a curved advertising hoarding measuring 6.4m by 3.55m on a roadside grain silo, illuminated by three projecting floodlights. The signage was intended for Laxey Mills promotions and rental to unrelated advertisers with changeable banners.
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The officer assessed the proposal against Policy L/CRB/PR/4 of the Laxey and Lonan Area Plan Order 2005, requiring special attention to preserving or enhancing Conservation Area character, and strateg…
Conservation Area Policy 4 of Laxey and Lonan Area Plan Order 2005
Requires special attention to preserving or enhancing Conservation Area character or appearance. The officer found the signage's prominence and appearance would detract from the area and fail to preserve or enhance the Conservation Area due to its size and location on the roadside silo.
General Policy 6
Permits advertisements in towns/villages if high design standard, relating well to the building/site, in keeping with surroundings, and not causing highway hazard. The signage failed on not being in keeping with surroundings due to prominence and also on illumination aspects.
General Policy 7
Generally prohibits external advertisements on sites/buildings other than those to which they relate in towns/villages. The proposal to rent space for unrelated advertisements directly contravened this.
Environment Policy 37
Permits advertisements in Conservation Areas only if they preserve/enhance the area, use appropriate style and traditional materials, and exclude glossy/reflective materials or internally/projecting illuminated box signs. The floodlit illumination and failure to enhance character violated this.
expressed an interest in the application and requested contact regarding underground cables/overhead lines
Manx Electricity Authority raised no objection but requested a standard condition to contact them due to nearby underground cables/overhead lines; Laxey Village Commissioners objected to the signage as too large, unsympathetic, and inappropriately lit.
Key concern: proposed signage too large and not sympathetic to the Village scene
Manx Electricity Authority
Conditional No ObjectionThere are Underground Cables/Overhead Lines present in the area indicated in you Planning Application. Please 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.; 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.
Conditions requested: condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority; Contact the M.E.A. for Electrical Site Safety 5 documents before any work is carried out on site; All work to be carried out with reference to Health and Safety Executive Guidance Notes HS(G)47 & GS6
Laxey Village Commissioners
ObjectionThe Commissioners considered this application at their meeting last evening and object to the application for the reasons stated below.; The proposed signage was too large and not sympathetic to the Village scene.
